Yo! We're back with Chappie 3! If you haven't noticed by now, I will be posting each new chapter every Wednesday. :) Since this particular chapter is so long, it will be cut in half; Part 2 will be posted next week. ;p Enjoy!

Chapter 3 Part 1

After being chewed out by the Dean, Shizuo was sent back to class. Oddly enough when he returned, Izaya was not there. In fact, Izaya was not present in any of his classes that day, something about the flea being sent home because he was sick. 'Tch, whatever.' Shizuo thought as he walked home, backpack slung across one of his shoulders and a hand in his pocket. 'The little shit probably got scared and ran away. Too afraid he'd be found out...Little creep.'

He kicked a pebble out of his path and took a sharp left. The street he walked down led him passed Russia Sushi where a big, dark Russian man waved at him and passed him a flier. "Shizuo! Why look sad! Eat sushi! Sushi good! Sushi make you smile!"

"Not now Simon." replied the teen, taking the outstretched flier and then giving the older male a two-finger salute.

"Make sure and come back to have sushi, Shizuo!"

"Yeah, yeah." Shizuo drawled out. He took another sharp left then walked six more blocks before coming to a stop in front of his apartment complex. 'Wait, did he say I looked sad?' The blonde thought, referring to the sushi salesman's words. 'I'm not sad! Why the hell would I be sad!?' Izaya's enraged face flashed through his mind.

He clenched his teeth hard and snorted before making his way into the lobby of the complex and turning right. 'I don't give a damn about that fucking louse. That little creep can go jump off a building for all I care. The less freaks like him we have in the world, the better.' he reasoned as he made his way up some stairs and down the hall to his apartment door.

The blonde walked through the door and slipped off his shoes before heading straight to the kitchen for a snack.

'I mean, any guy who even THINKS about doing…stuff with another guy is sick. Right?' After pulling out a bottle of milk and some pudding from the fridge, he took a seat and began to eat his snack.

As he chugged down some of his milk, his mind wandered back to his first tutoring session with the flea, and to today's morning at school. All he could think about was how adorable the flea had looked.

'Wait-what!?' The blonde spluttered and choked on his milk, horror filling him as the substance of his thoughts registered in his mind. 'The hell!? That fucking creep is NOT a-…ador…' Unable to even complete his thought, Shizuo continuously coughed as he got up and grabbed a rag to clean up his mess.

'I am NOT gay. The flea is NOT adorable. I am NOT gay. The flea is...' were the only thoughts running through his disheveled mind as he finished cleaning up and headed to his room.

Izaya had woken up in the infirmary; apparently someone had found him passed out in the hallway and had then taken him there. After firmly insisting that he was fine and didn't need to go to the hospital, the nurse had signed a home pass and gave him some antibiotics.

He was now home, sitting on the floor of the shower like he had been for the past half an hour, the water now cold. He sighed and decided to get out. 'Before I really do have to go to the hospital…' He then chuckled sadly; no hospital could help with the pain he was feeling now. 'And to think I had believed I had even a fraction of a chance.' he thought.

The ravenette didn't even bother with wrapping himself up in a towel, instead he burrowed under the covers of his black silk sheets, the water making them cling to his body. 'It's not like rejection is anything new to me…So why does it hurt so much this time?' He thought back to the beginning of the school year when he'd been so excited to have the intriguing Heiwajima Shizuo in his class because then he would finally get to know the secret behind the giant's superhuman strength.

'It was long before my thirst for knowledge became a thirst for something else…' He had wanted to become closer to the temperamental blonde, going so far as to antagonize the giant into fighting with him. Izaya smiled wryly. 'He looked so cute when he first got mad at me, so angry that he couldn't hit me. Who knew he was so adorable when he blushed, too?' The ravenette giggled when he thought of Shizuo's cheeks turning bright pink at the two of them being so close.

'Wait a minute!' Izaya bolted upright as a thought struck him. 'He had blushed. He wouldn't have blushed if he truly hated me, right?' The ravenette's eyebrows furrowed in thought: Shizuo had blushed twice during their tutoring session when Izaya had teased him, and again this morning when the two of them had made physical contact. 'Could it be he likes me too?'

A wide grin split his face as he jumped up. "Yes!" Izaya laughed as he jumped up and down happily on his bed. "I have a chance!" he cheered. "I have a chance!"

He flopped back down on the bed and hugged a pillow to his chest. 'I have a chance…' The ravenette's signature smirk crept onto his face, the wheels in his head turning. He hopped up and dashed to his closet where he pulled on black jeans, a black v-neck, and his favorite coat. He grabbed his keys and ran out the door. 'Just you wait Heiwajima Shizuo; I'm going to make you realize you want me!' Laughing gleefully, the flea ran through Ikebukuro- straight to his target's house.

"C'mon, you can do this!" Izaya stood in front of Shizuo's apartment, his hand poised to knock. He had been prepping himself since leaving his place to do this. But now, fifteen minutes after getting here, the ravenette had stage fright. "Come on Izaya, just knock!" He was starting to get annoyed with himself and kicked the wall. "Dammit!" he cursed.

Inside the apartment, Heiwajima Kasuka paused on his way to the kitchen. "Hm?" He turned towards the front door and walked towards it, prepared to open it when his older brother came down the stairs.

"Hey Kasuka, going somewhere?"

Said little brother shook his head and pointed towards the door. "I heard something. I was going to check to see what it was." The older Heiwajima brother frowned slightly and walked over to the door and his brother.

"Never mind, I'll do it. It could be something or someone dangerous, so you go in the living room."

Kasuka simply shrugged and walked away, mumbling about "overprotective onii-sans". Focusing all of his attention on the door in front of him, Shizuo made a fist with one hand and poised it in the air, ready to strike while gripping the door handle with his other hand and wrenched open the door.

"Gah!" Izaya jumped as the door was wrenched open. He spotted the blonde standing in the doorway, fist raised. "Oh…h-hi, Shizu-chan." he said weakly, raising a hand in greeting with an apologetic smile on his face.

Said 'Shizu-chan' blinked slowly twice before he lowered his fist and smacked his teeth. "Tch, what the hell are you doing here? Stalking me?"

'Alright, time to put my acting skills to the test!' The ravenette lowered his head and looked up at the blond from under his eyelashes. "A-actually, I came here to apologize for what I did to you earlier." He bit his lip cutely, blushing to add to the effect. 'That had to have worked!'

'Aaahh, why does he have to be so damn cute!?' Shizuo cried out in his head. He felt his cheeks heat up and gripped his doorknob harder, successfully denting it.

"Fine, you apologized. Now leave." He tried to growl, but it came out a little shakier than he wanted. 'Dammit! What is wrong with me!? I'm not gay!' With that thought in mind, the blonde made to close his door.

"Wait, Shizu-chan!" Izaya cried out, making his voice tremble. "Can't you please forgive me?" The ravenette clasped his hands together, looking up at the other through fake tears.

Shizuo's heart skipped a beat as he looked down at the flea. With his hands clasped together, a pout on his lips, a light blush dusting his cheeks, and tears in his eyes, Izaya looked so fragile and breathtaking.

"U-uh…yeah, whatever flea." he stuttered. He couldn't understand why Izaya's heartbroken face and pleading had effected him so much, but he did know that he needed to get away before he did something he would regret.

The small teen looked absolutely edible.

'Shit…'

'I've got him now!' Izaya thought gleefully. He smiled brightly. "Oh thank you, Shizu-chan!" he exclaimed, giving the giant an enormous hug that may or may not have been apart of the act.

'Oh Kami!' The blonde exclaimed in his mind. 'Shit shit shit.' He could feel his face turning even redder as he stumbled backwards. "Get off!" came the strangled cry before Shizuo tripped over his own feet and fell backwards, Izaya crashing down on top of him.

Izaya squealed as he landed on top of Shizuo. A genuine blush covered his cheeks as he scrambled to get up. "I-I'm so sorry, I-" He paused as he looked down at the red-faced Shizuo underneath him. 'OhmyGod! He DOES like me!' His eyes traveled over the blonde's face, noting the long eyelashes that framed mocha-brown eyes, the straight nose and proud chin, stopping at the thin but full mouth. The ravenette licked his lips subconsciously.

Shizuo instantly tensed at the close contact. 'Fuck!' He stared up at the ravenette above him and blinked owlishly. But before he could think of anything to say or do…

"Nii-san?"

Izaya scrambked backwards, his heart racing furiously. 'Did I almost…? Damn! I almost lost control! Snap out of it, Izaya!' A friendly smile crossed his face as he stood up. "Hello there, you must be Shizu-chan's cute little brother."

Kasuka blinked slowly and stared at the older teen, sizing him up. He then looked down at his brother who was still laid out on the floor, stunned. Noticing the blushes covering both boys' faces, Kasuka Heiwajima's curiosity peaked.

"Who are you?" came the monotonous inquiry, not bothering to acknowledge what the other had said.

Izaya willed his heart to calm down as he replied. "I'm a friend of your brother's. Right, Shizu-chan?" he urged, poking the blonde with his foot.

Snapping out of his daze, Shizuo blinked rapidly and looked up at his little brother and Izaya. 'Up? What the-?' Noticing that he was still laid out on the floor, the blonde quickly scrambled up and dusted himself off.

"What?" he questioned, remembering that the flea had asked him something. Kasuka looked between the two older teens, noticing how the smaller boy seemed slightly nervous. 'Hmmm…'

"I was just telling your brother what good friends we are." The ravenette said slowly. 'Please go along with it. Please!'

The blonde raised an eyebrow and looked over at his brother, then back to Izaya, then back again to his brother..."He's my math tutor." he snorted out, moving to close his front door before heading into the kitchen. 'I really need some milk.'

Izaya took off his shoes and bowed his head before following after Shizuo."Um, Shizu-chan?" he called, "I need to talk to you about something…privately."

Kasuka simply shrugged his shoulders and headed back to the living room. His Power Rangers were starting soon. In the kitchen, Shizuo was chugging down a nice cold bottle of milk when Izaya walked in.

"What?" he grunted, not moving from his place in front of the fridge.

"Can we talk privately?" the smaller teen sighed, a bit exasperated. "You can bring the whole milk carton too." he added sarcastically.

Ignoring the smaller teen's sarcasm, Shizuo walked away from the refrigerator, milk in hand, and made his way to the upper portion of the apartment. "Follow me" was all he said before disappearing upstairs.

'Huh?' The flea's eyebrows shot up in surprise. 'He agreed that easily?' He followed Shizuo up the stairs, looking at all the family pictures on the way. He paused at a picture of a young boy with a cute frown and bright pink blush on his face. 'Oh my God, it's Shizu-chan! In a tux!' Giggling to himself, Izaya made it the rest of the way up the stairs.