A/N: Here is chapter three, please enjoy readimg it!

Summary: Izaya has been having headaches lately and when more symptoms appear he decides to go to the hospital. There he gets to hear that he has brain cancer.

Disclaimer: I don't own Durarara!

Izaya had been having doubts for the past week. He honestly felt nervous and didn't really know if he wanted to go on with this, but he knew he wouldn't really have a choice. Today was the day of his surgery and there was no way he was going to avoid that.

He had already given Namie a two weeks vacation, which might become longer, but he hadn't told her that yet. He even had to take his hair off, since they needed access for the surgery. Izaya realized that it might take a while before he would have hair again, since he knew that hairloss was possible with radio therapy and chemotherapy. He had bought a hat, which he was currently wearing, this way it wouldn't be that obvious to people that he had taken his hair off. He might even take a wig once he started the other therapies, but that was something he still had to think about.

Currently he was waiting for Celty to arrive at his home to take him to the hospital. The dullahan had agreed to help him with the transportation, which he was thankful for, but he wouldn't tell her that. He had to be at the hospital at 9am and his surgery would be at 2pm, so he would have to wait for a while. He had already packed a bag too, since he would be staying at the hospital for at least a week.

A knock at the door took him out of his thoughts and Izaya grabbed the back before walking towards the door. Once he opened it he saw the dullahan and nodded at her as a greeting. [Are you ready to go.] Celty asked, to which Izaya put up a fake smile.

"As ready as I'll ever be." He answered and then followed the dullahan downstairs to where her motorcycle was. A helmet was formed on him, before they went on the bike and left for the hospital together.

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Once at the hospital he got of the bike and faced the dullahan once the helmet disappeared. [Good luck!] Celty said and Izaya smiled at that.

"I will be fine." He said, but he knew he might be lying. He could die, that was something he realized very well. He might end up in a coma or paralyzed. Those were all possibilities when you were undergoing a surgery in your brain. There were a lot of possibilities and he had thought of all of them the past week. That's why he was probably nervous right now, since he couldn't be scared. Orihara Izaya was never scared.

[Make sure to send me a text how it went.] Celty said and Izaya knew what she meant by that. He had decided that a text message would be sent to Celty if everything went alright, but if something went wrong, they would call Shinra, since that was only fair and easier to explain than to do it by text.

"Sure, surgery might take a few hours, so don't go and wait for my text the whole day, it might even come tomorrow you know? If I'm too tired I mean." When he received a nod from the dullahan he sighed. "I will be fine, so I'm going inside." Izaya said and then turned around and walked into the hospital. He had decided to not have the dullahan in the hospital with him, she would have to wait for quite a while and Shinra would definitely get suspicious if she did that, so they had decided that Celty would only bring him today.

Izaya walked over to the desk and waited till the woman behind the desk looked at him. "Orihara Izaya, I'm here for treatment." He said and waited till the woman had found where he would need to go.

"Orihara-san, you may go to room 209." The woman said to which Izaya thanked her, before heading over to the room. It would be the room he would be staying in for at least the next two weeks. He hoped that it was a spacious room and he had already made sure to get a room for him alone, since he didn't need other people to see him like this.

Once he opened the door to his room and walked inside, his doctor was already there, setting up different machines, which would probably be necessary for after the surgery. He honestly already dreaded how many wires he would have if he should guess from the machines.

"Ah, Orihara-san, you're here!" The doctor said and then walked over to the male. "I just set everything up, so make yourself comfortable and I will be back in about an hour to talk to you about what we're going to do and make sure that everything is done that needs to be done before the surgery." The doctor said and then left the room, leaving Izaya alone.

Izaya looked around the room, it was quite spacious, but it was still too white and clean. There was a bed, with various machines beside it and there was a closet, which he went towards and placed his bag in. The doctor would be coming back after an hour, so what could he do? He had brought one of his phones and his laptop, so he could always go and look at the chatroom, some people might have something interesting to say. He hadn't really been focussing on the chats for the last two weeks, so he hadn't been following what happened.

Opening his phone he logged in on the chatroom.

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-Kanra entered the chatroom-

Kanra: Good morning everyone~!

Bakyura: You're early for once.

Tanaka Taro: Everyone is early, but it might be because it's a holiday.

Saika: Yeah, I wouldn't be here normally on a weekday.

Setton: I'm surprised to see all of you here.

Kanra: I just woke up early for once and was bored.

Bakyura: That's quite surprising, that you're bored, I mean.

Kanra: I can get bored too, since I'm waiting for something.

Tanaka Taro: I think all of us are probably bored, since we're here on a holiday.

Saika: I guess that might be true

Kanra: Have there been any interesting rumors lately?

Saika: Not that I have heard of.

Tanaka Taro: Nothing, besides that it has been quiet in Ikebukuro for a while now.

Kanra: Why's that?

Bakyura: There haven't been any fights between Heiwajima Shizuo and Orihara Izaya, that's why it's quiet.

Setton: Now that you mention it, that's true

Kanra: There isn't always a reason for that, maybe one of them was too busy.

Bakyura: I doubt that, normally Izaya would find the time to come to Ikebukuro to find Shizuo, but he hasn't been there for at least the past two weeks.

Tanaka Taro: Yeah, I wonder what happened?

Kanra: I have no idea, maybe he was just busy with work.

Setton: That's right, he was probably just busy with work.

-Private chat with Setton-

Setton: Are you sure you should be chatting right now Izaya?

Kanra: I'm fine Celty, just didn't expect them to start talking about my absence.

Setton: Yeah, but you know it will go on for longer than this and the rumors will start spreading.

Kanra: I know, but I was prepared for that.

Setton: I will try my best to help you.

Kanra: That's fine, but my doctor is here now, so I need to go.

-End Private chat-

Setton: Alright, good luck.

Kanra: I need to go, the person I have been waiting for is here, byebye~!

Setton: Ah sorry, that wasn't meant to be put there, but bye Kanra

Tanaka Taro: Goodbye!

Saika: Bye

Bakyura: You're just fleeing.

-Kanra has left the chatroom-

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Izaya ignored the last comment and put his phone away when the doctor came in. "You were not working on your phone right?" The doctor asked, but Izaya shook his head.

"Just chatting to pass the time." The doctor nodded at that and then came over to him.

"You haven't eaten anything right?" Izaya shook his head at that. "Good, how are the symptoms?"

"Just a slight headache, but that's all for now." Izaya answered, to which the doctor wrote something down.

"Alright, the surgery will be at two, but we want to get you ready at one, so then I will be coming back, before that you may do whatever you want inside this hospital, just make sure you're back by one." The doctor said and Izaya nodded.

"That's fine, I will probably leave my room, since it's boring here or I might do something on my laptop, but since I have a headache I might leave it alone." Izaya said a bit thoughtful. "I will not eat anything, so don't worry about that, should I already wear the hospital clothes or am I fine with walking around in my own for now?"

"You're fine to stay in your own clothes right now, but you will need to change when we're getting ready." The doctor said. "Anymore questions? Or do you want to know anything more about the surgery?"

Izaya already knew a lot about what would happen during the surgery, so that wasn't what he really wanted to ask about, it was more the time it would take him to wake up. "How long will it take for me to be awake after surgery?"

"That differs per person, so I can't say for sure. I know about the calling and texting, so if you really want to I can also send the text." But to that Izaya shook his head.

"I will be sending the text myself." Izaya said and then stood up from the bed he had been sitting on. "I'm going to walk around for a bit now and I know, I will be back by one." Izaya said before leaving the room.

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Izaya found himself at the rooftop of the hospital once he had left the room. Going to the roof and looking down on people felt familiar, so that's why he could enjoy this for as long as he didn't think about the fact that he was in the hospital currently.

There were all kinds of people down there, just like there were if he sat on top of another building, but this was kind of different. These people had all kinds of reasons to be here, while people normally wouldn't even have a reason if it was in the middle of the city.

"Is it that interesting to watch people below?" A voice suddenly said from beside him and Izaya turned to see a teenage boy beside him in hospital clothes.

"It can be interesting, but I must say that it might be more interesting if you do it from a higher building." Izaya answered and watched the boys reaction.

"That might be a great sight, but sadly enough I won't be able to do that for some time." At that Izaya took in the boys looks. He had brown hair and brown eyes. He was a bit smaller than he was, but the boy would probably grow to get taller than him. On the outside nothing seemed to be wrong with the boy, but Izaya got curious.

"Why is that?" Izaya asked and watched the boy.

"I have a weak heart, I'm in need of a heart transplant, but there is a long waiting list." He said and even though the boy smiled, Izaya could see it was sad. "Why are you here? Or are you not a patient?"

"I'm here for surgery." Izaya said with a sigh. "I found out two weeks ago that I have brain cancer and they're going to try and remove the tumor, but they aren't sure if they will be able to take everything away." He didn't know why he was talking to the boy about all this. Wh he was telling a complete stranger about his worries. "I guess I'm scared for what can happen."

"Knowing you could die is indeed a scary thing." The boy answered and Izaya noticed that the boy was definitely acting more mature than he really was.

"My surgery is at two, so I planned on staying here till I had to be back at one, but don't you need to go back to your room?" At that the boy shook his head.

"I'm free to go where I want, shall I come visit you tomorrow after you are out of surgery, since I don't know how long it will take before they're finished." Izaya thought about it for a moment. It might be nice to talk to someone sometimes, but before that he needed to know that the boy was fine with who he was.

"I'm Orihara Izaya." He saw the boy's eyes widen for a moment and knew the boy had heard of the name.

"Mizuki Haru, you can call me Haru, Orihara-san." The boy introduced himself.

"Then you can call me Izaya, Haru-kun" There was no way he was going to call the boy by only his name.

"Alright, Izaya-san." Seemed like Haru thought the same.

"May I ask you how old you are, you look young." Izaya didn't know if the boy would answer that.

"I became fifteen in June. How old are you?"

"That's really young. I became 24 in May." Izaya said, it was now september, so it would take time for the both of them before the aged again.

"You're really young too for having brain cancer." The boy commented, which made Izaya smile sadly.

"Yeah, but I hope that the treatment will work." Izaya mumbled and then looked at his phone. "Seems I would better head back, otherwise the doctor would probably nag at me for not being on time." Izaya said and turned around before waving at the boy. "It was nice meeting you and I hope to see you tomorrow in room 209." Izaya added before leaving to head back to his room.