A/N: LOL- Your reviews made it so I update the same day as the other.
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How long has it been, now? It felt hours... of course, it probably wasn't. It had most likely only been 30 minutes. He stared at the ground infront of him, whimpering quietly, "...Roppi-san..."
"What's your favorite food?~" Psyche churped, hanging off the ex-bartenders arm, swinging slightly, grinning widely.
"...Sweets in general." Came the dull reply from the blonde. Izaya knew that. He stayed quiet, walking behind them, watching.
"Ah- I like sweets too~!" Psyche giggled.
"How old is Papa?" Tsugaru said softly, hanging off the other arm.
"...24." Izaya knew that, too.
"When's Papa's birthday?"
"...January 28th." ... Izaya didn't know that.
"What's your blood type~?"
"...What? Why do you wanna know that?"
"I just do~!" Psyche giggled, "Answer, answer!" He cheered.
"...Blood Type O." ... Izaya didn't know that, either. But that's something they had in common, he noted. Both blood type O. ...He'd have to add these to Shizu-chan's file when he got back to the office.
"What does papa like to do~?"
Shizuo looked up. Not particuarly at anything, but he thought about the question.
"I guess I like books," he said softly, "They're relaxing... Ah, I guess that's another thing I like... Being relaxed..." Izaya listened closely. He supposed that going to 'Bukuro, seeing Shizu-chan, and pissing him off made him do the exact opposite of what he liked.
Well, he knew this, obviously...
...What was beyond the side that Izaya knew?
Beyond the violence...
...Was an honey-eyed blonde who liked to relax with a book in the, Izaya assumed, comfort of his own home. He tried to imagine it... He thought of a Shizu-chan with reading glasses - messy, shaggy blonde hair - sitting at a couch with a book in one hand, and a cigarette pressed up to his lips with the other, not wearing his bartender uniform with a half buttoned causal white shirt-
...Why half buttoned?
...Why shaggy hair?
...Eh!
He stared at the back of the blonde's head frustratedly...
Delic grinned, "Your face will stay like that, y'know..." A hushed whisper directed in Izaya's left ear, making him shiver.
"A-ah." Izaya stammered, blinking, coming up with some sort of a comeback, "I wasn't staring! Are you delusional? Hopefully, you didn't get the worst of Shizu-chan's DNA. Though, from that unintelligent analysis, I'm losing hope rather quickly." ...That worked. "I-I was merely admiring his ignorance to his own stupidity. I mean, look! H-he looks like a tree with those two hanging off him like that." ...He said admire. Ah- he had to cover that up- "...I-I say admire because 'Ignorance is bliss', r-right?" he paused, realizing how childish he sounded, "...Shut up...just shut up..."
Delic grinned widely, and laughed. Shizu-chan's laugh. How clever of Shinra, Izaya mused. Same face, same voice, same body. All that was different was the personalities and eyes. Izaya switched his gaze between Shizuo and Delic... Noticing that Delic was slightly shorter. Izaya noted that, looking at Hibiya. Noticing that Hibiya was shorter than himself, too. Not the same body, then... Hibiya looked less... Mature.
No, not because of the prince get up.
His face looked more childish... Ah, youth! Of course, Izaya didn't have to worry about youth. He was fairly convinced he'd stay 21 forever... -Cough-
By the looks of it, they looked like their teen selves. High school days.
How did Shinra come up with them? They weren't human, but... they acted like it. They're personalities were their own, not created... or, it would be nice if that were the truth, Izaya thought.
This 'Delic' seemed to be more... Mocking? Maybe that was the word for it, but it didn't suffice... Appathetic? No - completely the wrong term... It's not that he was appathetic to the insults, but he seemed to drone out negativity. Like it didn't affect nor get to him at all. That wasn't like Shizu-chan at all. Delic, Izaya concluded, was playful. Optimistic, even. Izaya switched his gaze towards Psyche, and concluded the same thing for the small Raven. The only difference between Delic and Psyche, was that Psyche gave off a bubbly, childish vibe. Almost like a girl. As for Delic had more of an adult-playful vibe. Almost sexy- "...You're staring again. This time, at me. Do you like what you see, Izaya-san?~"
"Shut UP! No I'm NOT!"
Delic laughed more, hugging Hibiya - who was rolling his eyes, folding his arms over his chest, "Stupid commoners..."
Shizuo glanced over his shoulder at them, "What's going on?"
"Oh, Izaya-san just has a huge crush on me that he just keeps denying. Cute, really." Sarcasm was practically dripping off his words.
"Would you go to hell!" Izaya pulled out his knife, only making Delic laugh harder.
"Ah! Such anger in such a tiny body!"
"What! I'm not small! Hibiya's smaller than me!" -Commenting on his newly found observation.
"Are too~"
"Are not!"
"All cute things are small! And I have to say you're cute, because Hibiya's cute, see! Which makes anyone who looks like Hibiya cute!~"
"...Don't talk of me, mongrel," Hibiya said quietly, clearly flustered.
Psyche and Tsugaru glanced over, still swinging on Shizuo's arms. "Does that mean I'm cute?~" Psyche grinned widely, swinging his feet excitedly.
"Why of course~" Delic grinned back at him.
"W-what about me?" Tsugaru smiled, giggling slightly.
Delic rolled his eyes, "Tsugaru, you look like me. Your cuteness is guarenteed. Then, when you grow up, it's also guarenteed that you'll look like a sex God!"
"What's a sex God?~" Psyche mused.
"Me." Delic said matter-of-factly, followed with Hibiya rolling his eyes again, releasing a small laugh.
Psyche giggled more, facing forward, swinging happily. He looked forward, his giggles uruptedly stopping, a frozen smile plastered on his face.
Tsugaru looked over at the 'frozen' small raven, "...Psyche?"
"...R-Roppi..." Psyche quietly whispered, dropping himself from Shizuo's arm.
"Roppi?" Shizuo repeated, looking down at Psyche, adjusting himself, carrying Tsugaru in his arms. Tsugaru and Shizuo both looked where Psyche was looking, stopping. In front of them, was a short pale raven with blood red eyes, almost glaring at them as he stood, he wore his black and red jacket half way, shrugging his bony shoulders. He looked... young...
"Uwaaa!" Delic grinned widely, "It's Roppi-kun!" He released Hibiya from his lovable hug, speeding over towards Hachimenroppi, who turned his glare up to Delic, "We found yooou!"
"...Where's Tsuki?" he barely moved his lips, almost hissing, narrowing his eyes up at him. When there was a pause, Roppi repeated, "...Where is Tsukishima, Delic?..."
Delic put his hands up in defense, "Hey! Why're you always blaming me~? I didn't mislead Tsuki-pyon or anything! Oh, and call me Senpai!"
"H-hi Roppi-san..." Shizuo set Tsugaru down, letting him walk up to them, slightly stepping behind Delic, waving nervously. Roppi glared down at the small blonde, then glared back up at Delic.
"...So where is he, then?"
"Ohh~ Probably somewhere around the Red Light district getting his world rocked!" Delic laughed, seeing Roppi twitch, "...Just kidding. You know Tsuki-pyon best, Roppi-kun. He's probably lost~ You know that, ne~?
Roppi didn't answer. His venomous aura rising, enough to make Psyche and Tsugaru shiver, backing up to Shizuo's leg, where they continued to cling to. Izaya walked up, next to Shizuo. The informant put his hands in his pockets, observing the new character.
The blood red eyes shifted past Delic, glaring at Shizuo with daggers. Roppi moved past Delic, walking up to Shizuo, standing at a safe distance.
Shizuo stared back down at him, his eyes narrowing down at him, "What, shrimp?"
Roppi stared. "...Shinra-san assured me that you're 'not human'..."
The blond scoffed, rolling his eyes, "So I've been told, what of it?"
The smaller raven blinked, tugging on his sleeve, "...Can you help me, then?...I don't trust humans..."
Shizuo stared, "You... don't trust humans?"
"How horrible!" Izayasaid, walking up to them, "Humans are lovely! And so simple to manipulate-"
"...because they're foolish and have weak emotions... they live their lowly lives, caring about idiotic things, spending their short lives with those emotions, only to die... God must have been sadistic to create humans..."
"Exactly!" Izaya boomed, laughing, "Have you ever examined those emotions, though? They're so colorful that it's exciting to see what they'll do next!" He smuggly grinned.
"...They die next." Roppi dully looked at Izaya, "...They live, then die... but in between, they lie... they cheat... and they manipulate."
Izaya shrugged, "Can't argue with that~"
Delic intervened, "Let's not mentally disturb the little ones, ne Roppi-kun~?" He laughed.
Roppi tugged on Shizuo's sleeve again, "..."
Shizuo sighed, "Fine, fine. Who're we looking for again?"
"...Tsukishima..."
"Fine." Shizuo started walking. Roppi followed close behind, and Hibiya and Delic followed after. Tsugaru and Psyche were still clung to Shizuo's legs, and Izaya strode far behind them, observing.
Shizuo looked over his shoulder, looking at the informant. Izaya blinked, looking back at Shizuo.
"Are you coming, flea?" He said, stopping... waiting.
Izaya paused, a small smile stretching over his features, chuckling, quickening his pace, walking up to him. He used his mocking tone, but he noticed how weak it sounded when he spoke, "...Shizu-chan's so kind~"
(A/N: To answer Kiyomi-chan's question from the review, I added this extra. :D Thank you for reminding me to establish the ages!)
EXTRA Shinra's (basic) Notes:
[More will be added after observation.]
[NOTE: Code's based upon arrival.]
01-A "Psyche"
Appearance Age: 6
Eye Color: Pink
Hair Color: Black
Paired: Delic
02-B "Tsugaru"
Appearance Age: 7
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Paired: Sakuraya
01-B "Delic"
Appearance Age: 18
Eye Color: Pink
Hair Color: Blonde
Paired: Psyche
03-A "Hibiya"
Appearance Age: 17
Eye Color: Gold
Hair Color: Black
Paired: Shitsuo
04-B "Tsukishima"
Appearance Age: 14
Eye Color: Red
Hair Color: Blonde
Paired: Hachimenroppi
04-A "Hachimenroppi"
Appearance Age: 13
Eye Color: Red
Hair Color: Black
Paired: Tsukishima
02-A "Sakuraya"
Appearance Age: 21
Eye Color: Violet
Hair Color: Black
Paired: Tsugaru
03-B "Shitsuo"
Appearance Age: 24
Eye Color: Gold
Hair Color: Blonde
Paired: Hibiya