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Chapter 12: Twelve Screaming Fan Girls

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Chat Room

Kanra: "So rumor has it Orihara Izaya and Heiwajima Shizuo got into fight!"

Setton: "Yeah. Both had to be taken to the hospital. Shizuo left after just one day. And Izaya snuck out the next day and hasn't really been seen since."

Bakyura: "I wonder if something is going on between those two."

Setton: "Oh, there is. The two are just too cowardly to do anything about it."

Tanaka Taro: "Could you imagine those two together?"

Kanra: "Would it be a bad thing or a god thing?"

Setton: "It'd be a good thing more than bad. Street signs and vending machines might suffer less abuse. But on the other hand-the two might possibly kill each other."

Saika: "True. To you think that they've confessed their love for each other yet?"

Saika: "Doubt it."

Tanaka Taro: "Highly."

Bakyura: "Ditto!"

Kanra: "And what if they did? What if they were at home right now role playing?"

Setton: "That's a little too scary to think about!"

Bakyura: "It could explain why people aren't dying in Ikebukuro right now."

Saika: "Who's on top and who's on bottom?"

Kanra: "Shizuo is defiantly seme and Izaya's uke. The taller of the two is always seme. And Shizuo has the personality for it."

Setton: "But Izaya seems to have the sex drive to be seme."

Bakyura: "Oh! Guess we'll find out soon! After all-everyone's starting to crack out the mistletoe. And then maybe Kanra might get his ass handed to him."

Kanra: "Are you still holding that grudge?"

Setton: "What grudge?"

Bakyura: "Maybe. Well, I've got to go peeps. Later!"

Setton: "Same."

Saika: "Night everyone."

Tanaka Taro: "Good night."

Kanra: "Later."

-There is no one in chat room-

Izaya sat back in his desk chair staring at his computer monitor. It had been a really long day. It started with the injections into his rib cage to help his few cracked ribs heal. That wasn't such a good idea on an empty stomach and Namie had no sympathy for him either. She figured a grown man would know to eat before taking strong medication. So Izaya was in the bathroom for a good half hour. After that . . .

A few hours earlier. . .

Izaya happily pranced through Ikebukuro with the snow crunching underneath his feet. Why-because Izaya was putting his plan into action. A simple, well thought out plan, might he just add. Step one was rolling into play-window shopping! What? The holidays were coming and Izaya did love the holidays.

So walking merrily through the streets, Izaya was interrupted by a somewhat upset looking headless rider. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Celty typed a little too quickly on her phone. "Where the hell have you been? And what happened to your arm?"

Izaya just casually glance at his shoulder and arm where a tick and heavy cast use to sit. "Oh that-Namie's pharmaceutical lab has an injection that helps the healing process of bone and cartilage." Izaya grinned proudly pulling up both of his arms. "It really works."

"I heard about that. But why leave the hospital?" Celty asked. "Did you hope to buddy-up with Shizuo?"

Izaya felt his face starting to get hot. "No! I just didn't see the point of just sitting around a hospital with nothing to do."

"Right." Celty wasn't convinced. "So did you tell Shizuo the truth?"

He shook his head and started walking again with Celty slowly riding next to him. "I ran into him afterwards though. And he pretty much said it wasn't going to happen between us."

"He's just scared." Celty reassured. "He'll come around."

"Oh-I know. But not without a reason, he won't do anything." That's where Celty started getting intrigued. "See, Shizuo doesn't know it yet, but rumor has it, Orihara Izaya is currently in a relationship. But with who, I haven't figured out yet."

"So you plan to make him jealous?"

"Yes. Just not sure who would be a good sidekick." The two were really stumped.

"I know it's a really big leap, but what about Kasuka?" Celty suggestion was genius.

"Have I ever mentioned how magnificent you are?" Izaya wrapped his arms around Celty. "Just one question, how do we get in contact with him?"

The two thought for a moment and then Celty signaled for Izaya to hop on her horse and the two rode off. First they stopped at Celty's and Shinra's shared apartment, or love house as Shinra might call it.

"Celty-Izaya!" Shinra cocked an eyebrow. "What's going on?"

"Izaya's concocting a plan to make Shizuo jealous and get them together." Celty typed. "We're going to Hiroshima to find Kasuka. We need to ask him something."

"Why Kasuka? And what's this plan?" Shinra asked pushing up his glasses.

"Simple really. So simple, I'm not going to tell you, because then Shizu-chan will find out I'm up to something and you'll be the first to blab your mouth.'' Izaya smirked. "But long story short, I'm borrowing Celty, mostly because I need her help."

A cloud of loneness rose above Shinra's head. "Ok. Just come back soon Celty!" They shared what one'd guess you'd call a kiss and were off. Leaving Shinra to wonder how Izaya's fractures healed so quickly. . .

The ride to Hiroshima about two hours. Once in the grand historic city, Izaya whipped out his laptop and did a search on Kasuka's where-abouts. He learned that Kasuka would be in the Kamiyacho District doing something to promote a new movie. But as luck would have it, they didn't have to travel far. Celty spotted a nonchalant looking young man who resembled Shizuo in quite a few ways. She dismounted her horse and approached him. Izaya just watched as Celty typed something on her phone to him. Not long after, Kasuka nodded and sat down at the table of the café where Izaya sat.

"Orihara Izaya, am I correct?" Izaya nodded. "You're the one Shizuo told me about."

"Was Shizu-chan talking about me in a positive way? Or was he threating to kill me, like always?"

Kasuka sat down across from Izaya and next to Celty. "No. More of like a how-do-I-tell-him-how-I-really-feel kinda way." Things were quiet for a moment then Celt broke the ice.

"Kasuka, do you mind if we ask you something?" She typed. "It might be a little awkward, but we think it could help Shizuo come to his senses."

"Sure. What is it?" Kasuka asked.

"How would mind us posing as a couple?" Kasuka tiled his head. "When it comes down to you being his little brother, Shizu-chan will do just about anything for you. So, if we pose as a couple and everything goes right, maybe Shizu-chan will intervene and say what he really wants."

"So you want to use me to get him?" Izaya nodded and Kasuka gave him a small smile. "If it'll make my brother happy, or at least try to make him happy, then I say let's do it." Kasuka held out his hand to Izaya and it was confirmed. "So are you ready to get beat up by a bunch of fan girls?"

Izaya smirked. "I'm sure I can get around them." Celty couldn't believe it. Just like that, even though it was the first day they had met and they were agreeing to something like this. Then again, Celty didn't always understand humans, let along human men. . .