Hi Minna! Since people requested, this has turned into a full series! Updates will be a bit late, sorry! TT^TT
Shizuo wakes up late one morning, hoping that the previous day had just been some sort of twisted dream, induced because of too much smoking. So far the day seemed to be fairly usual. Where was Aya? Was she just a figment of his imagination? He found this ridiculous to believe since he rarely ever dreamed of an encounter with Izaya where the pest didn't die. Brutally, one might add.
He walks out, in his uniform, just tying the last string of his bow tie. He enters his living room, only to find a young girl, sitting on the carpet, typing away on a computer.
"Aya? Your still here?" He asked, trying to hide the surprise.
"Of course I would be. I like Shizuo, remember?" She responds casually, not looking up from her screen, typing furiously, completely alert. Damn kids and their energy. What was she doing so early in the morning anyway?
Shizuo pours himself a bowl of cereal. He didn't seem to have anything planned for today, and Tom said he could take the day off.
"Hey, you want to go meet Shinra? He invited me to the coffee shop down the street for a while. I guess you can tag along..."
Aya doesn't respond for a minute, and her typing speed increases.
"Whose Shinra?"
Is she serious? After all that drama over loving Celty so much, she doesn't know who Shinra is?
"Of course I know who he is. I just refuse to accept his existence." She nods in agreement with her own statement. Apparently, Shizuo had spoken out loud.
Shizuo felt awkward responding to this. Did she want to go or not? He chews slowly, his cereal crunching between his teeth. Children were so confusing. Or maybe Aya was extra weird.
"Um, Celty will be there, you know."
She looks up for the first time that day.
"Really?! Can we go?" She asks excitedly her pigtail bouncing and her eyes sparkling.
Shizuo nods. That was the reaction he was expecting.
'The properties are unbalanced and too unstable. Please enter data. The program will be shutting down in 3-' a female robotic voice comes from the computer.
Shizuo chokes on his last bite of cereal at the sudden sound.
"Oops, sorry, Akira" Aya turns her attention back to screen. Her hyper hands have been idle for too long. Her fingers swiftly move over the keys,
Shizuo stare in alarm at the child. How long has she had a laptop for?
Time Skip
The door to the coffee shop jingles as a little dark-haired girl rushes inside. Followed by a very tired blonde man, who was known around Ikebukoro for being very violent. She giggles as she look around for a woman wearing a yellow helmet that resembled a cat. Spotting the Headless Rider was easy. Everyone had moved away from her, even the waiters too scared to provide service to the supernatural being.
"Celty-san~" Calls Aya as she runs and hugs Celty from the back, causing her to lurch forward, and her helmet to fall to the ground. Waiters in the store gasp. Customer quickly shuffle to exit the coffee place immediately.
"Oi, dont just attack people from behind! If she had a head, you would've probably choke her." Shizuo says, a vein popping out as he pulls the girl away from Celty. Aya flails her hands in the air, feet high off the ground, only carried by the nimble and strong fingers of her roommate.
"That's quite an entrance you made there", Shinra comments. Celty bops him on the head almost as soon as the rude words leave him. As he wails in pain, Celty types:
Who's that friend you got there?
Aya grins. "I'm A-" she begins, but gets cut off as Shizuo drops her to the floor.
"She's just a freeloader that I can't get rid of."
Aya grumbles in response. Celty chuckles internally.
Isn't that a bit harsh? After all, she has managed to stick around you.
Shizuo scans the menu " Please! She's causing me more trouble than she's worth"
Suddenly, Shizuo's phone rings.
As he talks, Celty turns back to Aya. She was sitting there, staring at Celty, smiling. Celty had long put on her helmet, and didn't understand why she was staring. I bet she won't like me, though Celty sourly. Not many kids do.
After quite a bit of chatter, Shizuo hangs up. He looks guilty.
"Um, I'm sorry to impose, but," Shizuo begins slowly. "I've just been called to work."
"What?!" Aya exclaims, perhaps more angrily than she should have. Shixuo wasn't in any REAL obligation to do anything with her.
"So, you want us to take care of Aya?" Shinra chirps in, taking note of the slight hint of guilt in his vioce.
Shizuo nods slightly, embarrassed at having to ask a favor of anyone. See what you're costing me, kid? He glares at Aya.
"I'd love to, but I too have to go. I'm sure Celty can handle it!" He concludes.
Both Aya and Celty look at him. Celty felt an emotion of despair, while Aya felt excitement.
Soon, Aya and Celty were left alone.
What do you want to do? I think there's a park around here. Or maybe ice cream?
Celty nervously asks, unsure of what to do with a kid. How was she supposed to watch a kid, when she hadn't even been able to watch her own head!?
Aya laughs.
"While I hate to decline the offer of ice cream for breakfast, I was actually hoping you could give me a ride."
?
"I need to go pick up my luggage just outside the airport. It appears there were some problems with its transportation, and I really don't want to be wearing this forever!"
Aya speaks as though she's known Celty forever. The Headless Rider feels a bit at ease. Giving rides was her forte, unlike baby-sitting. Although getting a request like this from a kid felt weird, she was willing to comply.
Outside, Aya has eyes that glint with glee at the sight of the Motorcycle.
"Shooter!" She exclaims in a hurry as she runs toward the vehicle." Whose always a good pet?"
She pats the handlebars, just like Celty does. For a second, Celty questions if Aya knows that Shooter is actually a shadow horse. She doesn't have time to ponder upon this, as in a matter of minutes she was clearing highways, speeding to her destination, with a little girl hugging her, laughing the entire trip.
And that's how Aya and Celty became best friends.
All because of a trip to the airport. In a sense, for a weird team girls like them, this was the equivalent to shopping. Bonding was always fun.
From the shadows a figure with a phone emerges, watching their smiles.
Che, thinks Izaya
