"What are you even doing in there?" Izaya sighs. He's starting to feel hopeless at this point, with nothing big going on in Ikebukuro that needs his attention and no Shizu-chan to divert it. "Maybe you're just torturing my character?" He asks.
"Maybe you're taking your time and enjoying my pain." He feels like he's talking less and less about the game now, but he doesn't want to consider what else he might be referring to. The room is quiet and dark, as it always is, lit only by the glow of city lights. It reminds him of a hospital room he'd stayed in, with no visitors except one who wanted to kill him. 'I guess Shizu-chan and I do have something in common after all.'
Then again, who knows who's visited? Sure there are no gifts in the room, or cards, or any signs of life aside the man in the bed but who brings gifts for someone playing a simulation? Sure, things are starting to look down now but it's not like he's in a coma... 'It's not like Shizu-chan may never wake up.'
Today Shinra cracked and put in a feeding tube, deeming four days enough waiting time. Izaya, of course, only knows this when he notices the bump under Shizuo's hospital gown. For a moment his sleep deprived brain tells him it's a small snake, and too tired to think from nights of skipping sleep to visit this beast, he lifts the gown to see.
What he sees is more of a python than a snake, but the original thing he was looking for ends up being a feeding tube. It's thin, unlike Shizuo's python, and currently passing a brownish white liquid from a small syringe looking device into his stomach. It's not a pretty sight, really. The area around the tube is bruised, but not swollen, so at least it seems to have went well.
Izaya slowly lowers the gown to again hide the beast, and pulls the covers up over him for good measure. Then he considers the gentle nature of his actions and rips the covers off of the sleeping man and onto the floor. Staring at them, he doesn't feel guilty. He doesn't. In the end, he picks them up, replaces them, and tells himself it's only because Shinra will notice and he'll be discovered.
Maybe he should be more concerned with not falling asleep on his hated enemy right after said enemy had a feeding tube placed in and would need to be checked on frequently for.. doctor stuff. Or something. Izaya is too tired to think right, deciding to just rest his eyes, head against Shizuo's side, arms crossed under his head, and sitting on the floor like the first time he visited. It feels more comfortable than it probably looks, and he's asleep in no time.
His dreams are odd, mostly old memories from watching an anime with his sisters when they were still very little. It was when they were 4, when they still loved and looked up to him. Of course this was just because he was the only one around, the only caregiver they knew, and therefore they were simply dependent on him without understanding what kind of person he was. He doesn't think about those times much, not caring what they think of him now. They're just mere humans after all, and he is a God who loves humans and not because they're his little sisters.
The show is Sargent space, and the episode playing is the one where Sargent Space's two lieutenants, two little girls that Mairu and Kururi always mirrored, were captured by a monster that just wanted someone to love him. The monster thought the two little girls would understand him, and kidnapped them in an attempt to win their affections. It was sweet at first, playing games with them and they slowly learn he's just lonely and become friends with him. The monster is killed, however, by Shades, Sargent Space's love interest (think Tuxedo Mask), before the girls can stop him, as they sympathize with the monster at that point. It was kind of a dark episode for a kids show.
His sisters had cried when they watched this, and told their Iza-nii that they'd always love him and not let shades hurt him. It was the first time they ever disliked the classic character Shades, the first time they cared about anything else in the show expect the bad guys getting taken out. Izaya didn't like what they were saying of course, and pretended not to understand.
He wakes up briefly when someones hand cups his chin and gently moves his head up and away from Shizuo's side. Red eyes blearily stare back into Shinra's brownish grey ones, expecting for a moment to see his sisters. Shinra gives him a smile.
"It's okay." Shinra reassures him, though Izaya isn't sure of what he needs reassuring. "I just need to make sure everything is still in place and you can go back to sleep." His voice is a low whisper, and Izaya really doesn't care that Shinra's seen him. He looks as exhausted as Izaya feels, bags decorating tired eyes and smile forced. The hand under Izaya's chin slides away and his cheek is again resting against the warmth of Shizuo's side. He's asleep again soon, comforted by the lull of a monsters breathing and the soft blanket Shinra places over him before he turns off the lights the leaves the two of them alone.
He isn't sure why Shinra isn't worried, but he doesn't care. He's awake before sunrise, folding the blanket neatly and leaving before Shinra comes to check on them again. He whispers a quick goodbye to Shizuo before he's out the window and gone in the grey of the early morning light.