Shizuo sat up on the roof during lunch like he did on most days. He knew Shinra would be up there sooner or later after hanging out with Izaya. No one, besides Shinra and a few others, ever came up here because he did and he understood that it was because his fellow student feared him. The sound of the door to the roof let him know Shinra was there and he sighed. Shinra was annoying to him and Shizuo would've much rather be alone than annoyed.

"I didn't know anyone else was up here." Shizuo glanced up at the sound of a feminine voice and found the redheaded girl from the day before lingering by the roof entrance.

"Uh, yeah, it's just me." He said to her.

"You're the guy that cased Izaya-san away the other day." She said closing the door and then leaning against it.

"I hate that annoying flea." He said and she smiled.

"Yeah, he's pretty annoying." She agreed with him, "If it's okay with you I think I'll stay up here since he probably won't be here."

"I don't care, and can't blame you for wanting to avoid him." He said and she nodded. An awkward silence fell between them as they shared the roof, but Shizuo decide to break it. "So, how do you like Raijin so far?"

"The classes are good, the people are rude, well other than Izaya-san and Shinra-san, they're just annoying." She said and Shizuo smiled a little.

"Shinra-kun is almost as annoying as Izaya-kun, but I can stand being around him for a little while." He said and she smiled.

"You're unusually strong," she said to him, "That's coo – ah!"

"Oh, sorry, Tenma-san." Shinra said looking down at Mizuki as she sighed from the ground.

"Hi, Shinra-san, nice to see you too." She said sitting up, "Oh and please call me by my name."

"Okay, hey, you know Izaya-kun is looking for you." Shinra told her ands he shrugged as he helped her to her feet.

"He can just keep looking." She said dusting herself off.

"Seems like you like Izaya as much as Shizuo does." Shinra said with his usual smile.

"I don't hate him; I'm just not as… social as he is." She said deciding that he wasn't exactly talkative, but liked being around people.

"Yeah, he's a real social butterfly." Shinra said with a laugh, "Shizuo-san can I –?"

"No." Shizuo said already knowing he was about to ask for a blood sample.

"But you didn't even let me finish asking." Shinra whined.

"The answer is still no." Shizuo said and Mizuki smiled. Shinra was more interested in talking to Shizuo and Shizuo wasn't talkative or social. She much rather be around them than Izaya. He was too… prying.


Mizuki blinked as her eyes started to feel dry from the contacts. Class would be over in a few minutes, but the down side to that would Izaya asking her to hang out. She wasn't sure if he couldn't take a hint, or if he was just being persistent, but she had no interest in 'hanging out'. The bell rang and she grabbed her books as quickly as she could.

"Hey, so you're going to Russia Sushi with me today, right?" She looked up to see Izaya leaning against her desk.

"I'm not hungry…" she murmured softly.

"But you didn't eat lunch." He said smirking at her.

"Just because I skipped a meal doesn't mean I'm hungry now." She said standing up and then walking around him.

"Oh come on, what are you, anorexic?" Izaya said and she spun around on her heals.

"You have P.E. with me; I think we both know I have meat on my bones." She said and he smiled.

"Yeah, you do have a more athletic build." He said and she quirked a brow at him.

"Are you saying I have a manly body?" she asked and he chuckled.

"No, I'm just saying you have a… strong body." He said and she smirked at him.

"I tell you what, I have nothing to do Saturday after school*, so we could hang out then." She said giving in to his attempts, "I'll go anywhere, but a restaurant."

"You're new to Ikebukuro, right?" Izaya asked already knowing the answer and went on before she had even started to nod, "I could show you around."

"Okay." She said with a shrug, "should I meet you somewhere… or?"

"I have cleaning duty that day so you can meet me out by the school gate afterwards." He suggested and she nodded.

"Then I guess I'll see you tomorrow then." She said turning and walking out of class.


Izaya cocked his head to the side as he walked up to the pretty little redhead. She had had time to change out of her school clothes while he was cleaning. She wore a black knee length skirt, a dark blue sweater, and knee high boots. Her long bangs went over one of her eyes instead of pulled back like it usually was when she was at school. As he got closer he saw the zipper on the front of the sweater as well as the lacing on the boots. She looked good out of her school uniform, but it made him feel underdressed.

"Well don't you look nice." He couldn't stop himself from commenting.

"Hm." She shrugged looking down at her clothes, "I wasn't really trying, but thanks."

"Anyway, I figured I'd show you around the west gate park first." He said walking past her.

Izaya was chatty as always as they walked down the street. She shrugged or hummed in agreement to what he was saying. It was irritating that she never really answered his questions, so he started saying things that she couldn't answer with a simple yes or no.

"Where did you live before you came to Ikebukuro?"

"Tokyo Dome City." She said simply.

"Why'd you come here?" he asked her as they walked along.

"I wanted to get far from there…" she muttered so quietly that her voice was lost in the sounds of the city.

"Why?" he asked with a smile.

"No reason really." She said with shrug.

"You don't say…" Izaya said sounding slightly annoyed at her avoiding the question.

"Hey, you wanna check out that place?" she said as they paused in front of store.

"Hm?" Izaya glanced up at the store front. The sign in the window read, "Madam Maria's Herbs and Heirlooms," in dark purple English print. "Sure."

The door was already open and they left their shoes just inside the door. They walked through a curtain of beads into the shop and were greeted by the scent of burning sage. Mizuki coughed a little and Izaya stopped to look at her. She shook her head as she continued coughing.

"The sage…" she coughed backing out of the store. Izaya sighed, but followed her out of the shop.

"Was it really that bad?" he asked her as she coughed and put her boots back on.

"I'm allergic to sage." Mizuki said looking up at him with blood shot eyes.

"Wow, you look horrible." He said and she laughed.

"Gee, thanks Izaya-san." She said wiping at her eyes.

"Maybe I should walk you home." He grimaced as he watched her eyes being to run.

"That might be a good idea considering my lungs are on fire and I can't really see." She laughed, but he knew she was actually in pain.

"C'mon." Izaya said pulling her to her feet.

They were quiet as they walked together this time. He watched as she pulled eye drops out of her pocket and put them in her eyes as they walked down the street. He noticed that they were actually eye drops for contacts, but didn't say anything. They ended up at the school again, and then walked past it. Unsurprisingly though, Izaya already knew where she lived, but let her lead the way.

"Are you eyes feeling better?" Izaya asked when they were close to her apartment.

"Yeah," she said and then cleared her throat, "I have a question…"

"Hm?" Izaya raised his brow at her.

"Why do you keep asking me to hang out with you?" she said and this time he shrugged, "If you answer me honestly, I'll answer one question of yours' honestly."

"You looked interesting, but… you're actually kind of boring." He said and she laughed with a smile.

"Okay, you get one question." She said smiling at him.

"Where are you from?" he asked her and her face fell.

"I… I wish I knew. If I did, I would tell you." She said as she came to her apartment, "I guess I'll see you at school?"

"Yeah, I guess." Izaya said walking backwards away from her.

She watched him go and then sighed. Mizuki thanked the stars she was a good liar.


*Saturday - in Japan high schooler actually have to go to school on Saturday, but they do get Sunday off.

Shadow's Ramble: Hi~~! I'm sorry if this chapter is kind of a filler, but I'm trying to build up my character and her relationships with everyone. I really hope you guys like it. Please, review, alert and favorite~! Shadow out~!