-DRUM ROLL- AAAAAND UPLOAD! Here we are a few days after Christmas! (because 13 days is a few days psssh) Anyway, sorry for the delay. Please enjoy!
Dressed in the same clothes as the day before, Hakari walks out of her old room stumbling into the living room. The smell of delicious food being cooked encouraged her to drag herself out of bed.
"Good morning, Shinra," The woman yawns, rubbing at the sleep in her eyes. Before she could register what was happening, Hakari gets pulled into a bone-crushing hug.
"Ah, Celty!" Hakari yells, hugging the headless woman back with just as much force.
Celty releases the woman and immediately begins to type on her PDA. Hakari snatches the device, walking quickly towards the dining area.
"Questions later, Celty. I'm so hungry! Shinra's delicious cooking has woken me from my slumber, let me feast!"
Celty's shoulders began to shake with laughter as Hakari plops down in one of the chairs. Celty snatches the PDA back before taking her own seat across from her beloved friend. Celty began to type a quick message.
Okay, but you better answer every last one of my questions or I won't let Shinra feed you ever again.
A loud gasp escapes Hakari. "And here I thought we were friends!"
Shinra walks into the room carrying four plates of food, smiling like a lunatic.
"I'm sure Celty wrote something beautiful~" he squeals.
"More like friendship-breaking!" Hakari exclaims. This causes all three of them to laugh. Shinra lays one plate in front of his seat, then hands Hakari the other three.
"Thank you for this meal!" She calls.
More like banquet… Celty types out. Shinra chuckles.
"Ah, she wouldn't be Hakari without her appetite."
The rest of the meal was silent. Hakari prepared herself for the worse. Once they were finished eating, no doubt Celty was going to bombard her with questions.
The three finish and move towards the living room. Celty and Shinra make themselves comfy on the couch, while Hakari spreads out on the ground.
Down to business, where the heck were you?! Don't you know how scared we were?!
"Ah, I was voyaging!"
Voyaging? Where and why?
"You know, Celty, if you worry too much you'll give your head wrinkles," Hakari teases. Celty turns towards Shinra swiftly.
!?
Shinra chuckles at Celty's confused and worrisome response. Hakari took this time to slip past them. She makes it all the way to the front door, and picks up her pace once she's on the other side. She leaves the building completely, making her way out onto one of the busier streets.
"First thing on the agenda, Mikado." She says to herself aloud. "I wonder where he could be…" She walks down the busy street for a little while longer before running into someone all too familiar.
"Hakari!" Simon calls cheerfully. A giant smile stretches across the girl's face.
"Simon!" She calls in the same tone.
"You back! You will be eating sushi?" He asks.
"Definitely! But...not right now. I'm looking for someone."
"Oh, you look for Shizuo?" Hakari tenses at his name.
"No, not really." She says cheerfully.
"You no look for Shizuo? Are you mad at him?" Simon asks, his voice pure curiosity and his face pure worry.
"No, don't worry. I could never be mad at him. I'm just looking for someone else, maybe you've heard of him? He goes by Mikado."
"Oh, Kida's friend. I not see him today. Perhaps he is at school."
"Oh right, he's a high school student," Hakari says, pounding her fist into her hand gently. "I guess I just have to visit his school and get him."
Hakari waves to Simon and starts to walk away. After ten minutes of walking, Hakari comes to a complete stop, causing everyone behind her to also stop. The people behind her swear before stepping around her.
"I don't know where his school is…" She mumbles. She looks up to try and ask someone for directions,but then she remembers she doesn't know the name of his school either. "I'm sure Izaya said it the other day...but I can't remember…" She mumbled to herself aloud again.
"Talking about me?" A voice fills her ears. Hakari snaps out of her thoughts and looks up to see Izaya.
"Izaya! What are you doing here?" She asks, smiling.
"Hoping to bump into you, of course. I just happened to found you mumbling my name." He smirks.
"Oh yes, could you help me?" Izaya gave her a confused look.
"I don't think this is allowed," Izaya says, amusement dancing through his voice.
"It can't be helped. We'll just quickly talk, or arrange a meeting place," Hakari replies. The pair were walking down the halls of Raira Academy side by side, peering into each classroom they passed.
"What will you do if someone stops you?" Izaya asks, his usual smile planted across his face.
"Ah, Izaya. You'll just make him bald with your knife for me, won't you?" Hakari smiles. Izaya made a "Hum" noise.
"Sorry, you'll have to find your own way out of the situation."
"You're no fun," Hakari says, sticking her head into a classroom. "Ah, Izaya, he's here!"
The whole class turns their head to her. Hakari didn't know any of them, so she payed them no mind. Her eyes did notice a certain glasses girl looking her way.
"Mikado! Can I talk to you?" She asks. Crimson crept onto Mikado's cheeks as the whole class turned their heads towards him.
"Excuse me? Who are you?" Someone standing in the front of the class asks. The teacher.
Behind Hakari, Izaya smiles with amusement. This girl never fails to amuse him.
"Miss, he can't just leave…" The teacher tries.
"We won't be long, maybe," Hakari assures.
"Maybe?! He needs to stay in class…" Hakari ignores the teacher's pleas and refocuses back onto Mikado. She urges him with her eyes, and he seems to notice. He slowly pushes his chair back and makes his way to her.
Hakari grabs his arm and pulls him out of the classroom, leading him down the hall, Izaya following them. Once they reached the end, Hakari smiles at Mikado.
"Hi, Mikado. How are you?" She asks.
"I'm fine...what do you want to talk about? I don't think I should have left class…" He eyes Izaya cautiously, not completely trusting either people in front of him. Hakari places a hand on his shoulder, sensing his fear.
"Don't be afraid of Izaya, I won't let him hurt you today."
"How mean," Izaya smiles.
"W-What did you want..?" Mikado stutters, not missing the "today".
"Have you ever heard of 'Solid Mask'?"
If you see any mistakes, go ahead and point them out and I'll fix them asap! Perhaps Shizuo will make an appearance sometime soon!