A/N: Here is chapter 8. I have decided not to describe the treatment in detail, since there are different kinds and I might make mistakes if I describe it, since I might know the theory, but I have never seen it in real, so I don't feel confident to write about that. Anyway, please enjoy reading this chapter and please review.

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!

A week had gone by way too fast and honestly he wasn't ready. He didn't want to go to that hospital again and start his treatment. He knew he was going to go back and forth between the hospital and his home for the next seven weeks, but there was just no way that he was going to stay in the hospital again, he really preferred his own bed.

The radiotherapy would start at 10am and it would probably last a few hours, even though the therapy itself would only be for around fifteen minutes. He would have to ask for Celty to come after the treatment is finished, since he didn't know how long it would take. Celty was on her way now to pick him up, but it would take at least another ten minutes before she would be here.

"Are you really that nervous?" He heard Namie ask and he turned to face her with a glare. She was just coming to work like normal, even though he would be away for a few hours a day. They had discussed it and came to this, so there would be at least someone at his home while he was away.

"Of course not, I just want this over with." Izaya growled and focussed his eyes on the door. Were those ten minutes over already? He was honestly nervous for the treatment, but somewhere he wanted to have this done as soon as possible.

A knock at his door alerted him of Celty's arrival. "I will be going then." Izaya said and didn't listen if Namie answered before opening the door to see Celty and walking out together with her.

[Are you ready for the treatment?] Celty asked and Izaya looked at her with that question.

"Honestly? Not really, but I have no choice." Izaya said and stepped in the elevator.

Once downstairs they went over to the dullahan's bike and sat on it before they drove away towards the hospital.

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Izaya had said goodbye to Celty and was now walking through the hospital to the room where he needed to be. The nervous feeling hadn't gone away yet and he doubted that it would go away at all.

Once arriving at the room he knocked on the door and waited for permission before he opened the door. Walking inside he noticed that it was still a normal consultation room where the doctor was probably going to ask him questions before they would go to the room where everything was going to happen.

"Good morning, Orihara-san." Greeted the doctor he had gotten familiar with. "How are you feeling today?" He could ignore the question or lie, but he knew he wouldn't get anywhere if he did that.

"Besides feeling nervous? Pretty good." Izaya answered.

"I can understand that you're nervous. Do you want me to explain the procedure once more or are you ready to just start with it?" Izaya thought about it, but he honestly had heard a few times too many, so just getting this over with sounded like the better option.

"Let's just get this over with." Izaya said and he could see the doctor nod.

"Alright, if you don't feel good during the treatment, you need to tell the person who will stay with you." The doctor said and looked through some papers before nodding once more. "If you would please follow me to the room." Izaya saw the doctor point to another room and stood up to follow the doctor inside. This was it, this was going to be the first step in this treatment and there was no way he could step away from this now.

Finally stepping inside, the treatment could be started.

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Izaya felt tired now that the treatment was done, luckily that seemed to be the only thing he felt right now, but he knew that this was just the first day and the side effects would probably get worse once he went on with the treatment.

"How are you feeling?" The doctor had come back now his treatment was done.

"Tired." Izaya said and slowly sat up from the bed he was laying on.

"No nausea or other side effects?" Izaya knew he had to ask this, but it didn't take away that it was irritating.

"No, just tired." He answered curtly.

"That's good, get some rest once you're home then." The doctor said and scribbled something down on a paper, before looking at Izaya once more. "You're free to go now, I will see you tomorrow." When the doctor said that Izaya stood up from the bed and walked out of the room before he grabbed his phone. He would need to text Celty to come pick him up.

Opening his phone he noticed that it was almost 1pm. He had been here for three hours already. The radio therapy itself had only lasted a bit more than fifteen minutes, but everything around that had taken more time. It was honestly no wonder he felt tired, but he would still go and visit Haru, since he felt pretty good.

[Celty, I'm done, I will be waiting for you in room 305.] Izaya send as a text to the dullahan, so that she knew where to pick him up.

While he was making his way to the room he received a reply from Celty. [I'm on my way.]

Izaya thought about sending another message, but decided against it, since he was now at Haru's room. Knocking on the door, he waited till he heard an answer before opening the door.

"Orihara-san, are you finished with your first treatment?" The boy asked and looked the man up and down before settling on his face.

"Yeah, I'm finished, I was honestly nervous, but everything went fine." Izaya said and smiled to try and hide how tired he was feeling after the treatment. "Did you do the things I asked you to do?" Izaya asked to try and change the subject.

"I did!" Haru replied enthusiastically and grabbed the papers to show them to Izaya. Izaya looked the papers over, looking for mistakes, but he couldn't find anything.

"There are no mistakes, you're really smart, you know?" Izaya complimented the boy and he could see the smile on the boy's face widen.

"Thank you! I will make sure to go further with the exercises for the next time you come and if I don't understand anything I will ask you." Haru said and smiled.

"You do that. Have you any questions about the things you did last week?" Izaya asked the boy, who shook his head indicating that he didn't have any questions.

"Alright, make sure to ask if you have some questions." Izaya felt tired, but he had promised the boy to help him.

"I will, when is Celty coming to pick you up?" Haru asked. Izaya didn't know why the boy asked him, because he couldn't know that he was tired.

"She should be here soon, but until then I have all the time to be with you." Izaya smirked at the boy. "Or were you planning on doing something when I left?"

"Orihara-san, you just look tired, that's why I was asking." Izaya's eyes widened in surprise.

"How did you notice?" He really didn't understand how the boy found out.

"It's normal to be tired after radiotherapy and your whole posture is telling me it." The boy said and Izaya's face faltered.

"I really can't hide anything from you." Izaya mumbled and leaned forward to rest his head on the edge of the boy's bed.

"You don't need to force yourself to come here." Haru said which made Izaya look up at him.

"I want to come here." Izaya said which surprised the boy clearly. "And I have time after the treatment before Celty comes, so don't say that." He honestly wanted to be here, even though he was tired.

"I understand, but if you're tired you should rest instead of helping me." Izaya groaned at that.

"Didn't I tell you not to worry?"

"Right."

The door opened before they could talk any further and they both looked to see Celty walking in. [I'm here to take Izaya home.] She typed.

"Ah sure, I will see you next time, Haru-kun." Izaya said and stood up to follow the dullahan.

"See you next time, Izaya-san." He heard the boy say before he left the room and closed the door behind him.

[How are you feeling?] He read on the pda.

"Tired." Was all he said.

[No other side effects?] He shook his head when he read that. He honestly didn't feel like answering. He knew that the first sign he would probably notice was that his hair was going to fall out, so that was also the reason why he was already wearing his hat.

They stayed silent while walking through and out of the hospital and stayed silent all the way to Izaya's apartment.

xxx

Once they arrived, Izaya got off of the bike and turned to face Celty. "Thanks, same time tomorrow?" He asked the woman who nodded.

[Same time, get some rest when you're in your apartment Izaya.] She said and left after the raven had nodded.

With a sigh Izaya took the elevator to his floor and went over to his apartment before opening the door.

"Welcome back, how did it go?" He heard as soon as he stepped inside.

"It went fine, I'm just tired." Izaya said and walked further inside in his apartment. He could do some work, but he honestly felt like he wouldn't be able to focus anyway, so he might as well get some rest. "I think I'm going to take a nap." Izaya said and was about to go up the stairs when he was stopped by Namie's voice.

"Before you go and take a nap, I need to tell you that Shiki-san called to ask you for a job. He said he would be coming over and I tried to tell him that you weren't available, but he ignored me." Namie said and Izaya couldn't help but sigh at that.

"Look, I'm tired, okay? You handle him, while I take a nap." Namie wanted to say something, but was interrupted when a knock came at the door. "Don't tell me he's already here?" Izaya groaned, but turned to open the door anyway. Great, just great, he was feeling way too tired for this.

Opening the door Shiki-san was revealed to be the one on the other side of the door. "Shiki-san, to what do I owe this pleasure." Izaya tried to smirk, but he was just too tired to keep it up.

"I came with another job for you, but your assistant told me you weren't available, but it seems like you're free." Shiki said and Izaya could feel the man eyeing him all over.

"She told you that, because she didn't know when I was coming back and honestly I'm not in the mood for a job right now." Izaya said and he could see Shiki starting to frown.

"You have never refused a job, but I must say that you're not looking really good, are you sick?" Shiki said and Izaya could feel his intense stare.

"Something like that, so do you now understand that I can't take your job? I will give you a call when I'm feeling better." He hated showing the man how weak he felt, but he really wasn't in the mood for a job.

Shiki's eyes narrowed and Izaya knew that couldn't mean anything good. "Refusing a job is something that I can't allow, sick or not." He said and Izaya wanted to just shut the door on him, so that he wouldn't need to handle the man any longer.

"What if I take the job?" Izaya suddenly heard the voice of his assistant. "I can take care of it for as long as he isn't feeling well." Had she seriously just offered to take a job from the yakuza?

Shiki's eyes stayed narrowed for a moment, before relaxing. "Fine, but make sure to get better soon. Can I come inside now to discuss the job?" He asked and Izaya nodded before stepping aside to let the man in.

Closing the door, he followed inside, but didn't make his way over to the couch. "If you're fine with only Namie, I will be going to my room now." He said and when the other man waved him away, he walked up the stairs and into his room for a long nap.