A/N: Woo! A next day update! Don't you just love me?...what...you don't?...why not? :( oh...it's cause i ran over izaya...
But hey i don't own DRRR so izaya will never be officially run over...onwards!
Prepared But Not Ready
The steady beeping of machines and monitors broke the stifling silence allowing the occupants of the room some relief. The bright artificial light highlighting the worried expressions, the fidgeting fingers and slouched figures in the room as the sterile smell washed over them. Shinra sat re-reading the chart on Izaya's bed for the fourth time since they had been allowed into his room, each time grimacing at the contents of the medical report and Kadota got up and resumed the pacing he had been doing outside.
All of a sudden the quiet gloom was torn apart as the door was slammed open to reveal a dishevelled and out of breath Shizuo, his eyes looked frantically from Kadota to Shinra to Celty and settled on Izaya's sleeping figure, covered in bandages and machines. Slumping against the wall his brain reeled in denial of the sight before him, the invincible Izaya Orihara lying injured in a hospital bed.
The slight rise of his chest was the only sign of life in him, his usually agile and strong body, battered and broken, covered in machines and surrounded by white sheets that made him look even sicklier. Exhaling slowly he allowed the steady rhythm of the heart monitor to calm him down, he was still alive, he would be fine. He forced himself to believe this and made his way further into the room collecting himself in order to not alarm the others.
"Ah, you made it..." Kadota looked over at him with concern, "Are you ok?"
"I'm not the one that got run over here," he pointed to the information dealer grimacing, attempting to hide behind the smile which ultimately convinced nobody.
"He'll be fine, you know how Izaya is, this was probably another one of his 'experiments'" celty displayed her thoughts, and though she had no face to convey her emotions she placed a gentle hand on his shoulder in comfort. He nodded in gratitude at her simple display, though he tried to hide his emotions he knew that celty could see through it and was grateful about the way she handled it. He turned his attention to Shinra who was holding the chart in his hands.
"What does it say? Is he gonna be okay?" Shizuo tried to keep the desperation out of his voice and inwardly cursed as it wavered slightly. He braced himself for the worst but hoped for the best.
"Well, if it were a normal person they would probably have died already, but you know Izaya haha" Shinra grimaced slightly, but Shizuo could sense the underlying tone of worry in his voice, the sparkle in his eyes was completely absent.
"Shinra?"
"It..." Shinra mumbled something Shizuo couldn't hear, his eyes widened as paranoia took over and Shizuo, in two long strides, approached Shinra and grabbed him by the shoulders, forcing him to look him in the eyes.
"Shinra, what is it?" Shinra flinched as Shizuo's grip on his shoulders tightened.
"It's pretty bad..." he hung his head avoiding the surprise and pain in Shizuo's eyes "All the bones in his left leg were broken from the impact, his right humerus was cracked, his left humeral trochlea has been shattered and the area around his kidneys, pancreas and liver was pierced by one of his two broken ribs so he had a lot of internal bleeding. His injuries are really severe, the surgeries went smoothly but we don't know what will happen...Shizuo...he...Izaya might not..." his voice cracked, unable to continue he tore Shizuo's arms off him.
"He might not what?" Shizuo was shouting but he didn't care, Kadota restrained him as he attempted to lunge at Shinra and celty was forced to aid with her shadow since Shizuo had employed some strength.
"He...might not wake up..." Shizuo's eyes bulged as he took in this information, everything flew out of his mind but that one sentence. The sounds of the machines, the reassuring words and his friends surrounding him were dulled to a vague blurry presence. His body went slack as he watched Izaya's chest rise and fall gently, almost as if he were hypnotised. He slowly dragged his feet to the chair by the bedside and fell into it, unaware of anything that was happening or anything that he was doing. Clasping his hands as though in prayer he rested his chin on them and settled his eyes upon Izaya determined to watch him till he woke.
People and officials passed by in blurs and moments bled into each other but as life went on around them Shizuo was frozen in time. The consciousness to rationalise his actions was absent as his brain was focused on one thing and one thing only. Izaya waking up. He would will him awake if he had to, each day he took in the information dealers delicate features and cursed himself for not appreciating them before. He had had so much time, why had he realised too late? Why had he not chased Izaya after he had run away that day? Why had he given up so easily? damn it!
Looking up he realised it was already midnight, it had been almost an entire week since the accident and the doctors and Shinra were whispering non-stop looking at the medical charts. That actually made Shizuo angry, did they think he was stupid? He knew exactly what they were saying, but he wouldn't believe it. Izaya was going to wake up, he knew it. He had to.
Reaching his hand over he ran his fingers delicately over izaya's forehead, brushing his raven locks back. He stood up and stopped over the bed, running a finger down the side of his face he smiled gently at the calm expression on his face. It was so different from the last expression he had seen, the twisted anger, confusion and pain distorting his features had disappeared. Leaning down he placed his lips on izaya's, warming up the cold soft flesh of his mouth before letting go. Sighing he sat back down and stroked his cheek.
However what he didn't notice as he leaned back in his chair and let his own consciousness slip away was the return of Izaya's consciousness, displayed physically by the slight fluttering of his dark eyelashes.
Awww isn't shizuo so sweeeeet! *has a fit* omygodicouldcuddlehimtobits *deep breath*
So the ending makes up for the crap i did right? Please review! Everytime you review izaya has a dirty thought about shizuo *smirk*
