"Dotachin!" a feminine cry from across the park calls. Kyohei Kadota looks up from his shoes on the swing set at his friend. She's covered with scrapes and bruises and dirt that it makes young Kyohei thankful that he's not her mother.
"Shizuka. Did you fight that mean boy again?" he jumped off the swing and ran to her side to examine the damage. Nothing major. She'd heal up within a day at the very most. He looked at her large, golden-brown eyes that reminded him of chocolate. 'I like chocolate...'
"He threw sand at me!" She huffed. Her eyes were watery but it was most likely from the sand rather than her feeling being hurt by the other boy. She was a stubborn, brave, troublemaker; like a rowdy puppy. He wiped off the excess sand with his shirt sleeve, smearing blood on his navy shirt along with the sand. She rambled on about how the other boy bothered her and always made her mad and bullied her until she "taught him a lesson". She spoke like a mother ranting about an unruly child.
'I like mom too...'
Kadota never met the boy who antagonized Shizuka. He has only ever heard biased stories from Shizuka and it left a bad impression. However, unlike Shizuka, he would talk out his problems rather than just mindlessly plucking up stop signs and hurdling them at children.
Kyohei sighed. "Well, here" He held out his hand to her, beckoning her to take it. "Let's go get you cleaned up and my mom can make us cake." That immediately made her stop rambling. A small, child-like blush formed on her cheek as she pouted towards the ground and took his hand with reluctance.

"I miss you... " he kept whispering even after we settled him in on the couch. My glare has yet to leave his being and apparently, his being occupied Shizu-chan's attention. Dammit.
"Kyohei... Let go of me. This is getting ridiculous." she says as she tries her best to not tear Kadota's arms away from her torso (and quite possibly his arm sockets). He's hesitant at first, but he eventually, reluctantly released her. It took all my willpower to not grab her by the wrist and possessively hold her against me. I substituted that action by walking besides her as she got up from the couch. That would be enough to have Kadota acknowledge my presence.
But it didn't work as I wanted it to. His attention was entirely on Shizuka as they conversed about whatever. It was like she was the only thing in his world now...
Clearing my throat, I let out a "Shizu-chan," and she turns towards me. "shouldn't we send Our precious Dotachin home? I'm sure his parents are definitely worried about his whereabouts." /get rid of this pest/.
Kadota gave new blank look and looked to Shizuka for help. But she didn't help him. She just nodded her head in a agreement and offered him a hand. He rose from the couch on his own and shook us off as he sulked his way to the door. I had to restrain the idea of walking by him and showing him the way to the door and just shutting it behind him. Instead, I just let him shut it himself and allow the sound of footsteps serenade my ears.
Shizuka only watched as her close, childhood friend walked out the door, without a clue about his feelings towards her.
I expected her to cry. I expected her to throw a nearby, heavy object (preferably not me) at the door. Hell, I even expected some sort of anger tantrum. Instead, she only exhaled deeply and pinched the bridge of her nose.
"izaya... Could we go to bed?" she sounded exhausted and I couldn't blame her.

We walked side-by-side towards the corner we met Shinra and Kadota at and saw them from the distance, Shinra having a one-sided conversation with Kadota. Walking to school with them was normal, except for Kadota and Shizuka conversing so openly. It irked me how he can casually chat with her and vice versa. A question popped in my mind as Shinra recalled his memory of Celty to me;
Shizu-chan. What is Kadota to you and what does he know that I don't?

At lunch, she was grinning at him and patted his back the whole time while he only stared down at his food, wincing and blushing oh so subtly.
"Ehh? Kadota? You really got a girlfriend?" Shinra asked and my attention returned to the conversation. He nodded with little enthusiasm and looked back down at his lunch.
"Yeah." That was all he said. No excitement or even contentment in his voice.
"well, tell us how this happened then?" I asked with faux interest. He looked up to either glare at me, answer the question, or both.
"I was talking with Shizuka during our break, she confessed, and that's all." Ahh. Pity motivated him to accept. What a shame.
An idea struck which made me ask, "Say, how does a double date sound? You and whatshername, Shizuka and myself." The responses were almost immediate: Shinra whining about not being invited, Shizu-chan stunned that I even suggested the idea, and Kadota just plain speechless.
After serious consideration, he accepted. Funny how he never defended his girlfriend about her name, let alone bat an eyelash over it.

A/N: I got access to a computer. Whoo.

I really do apologize for this half-assed chapter. Like, so so sorry. Even more so since I'm discontinuing this story (or be on a really REALLY long hiatus). Really, Drrr! isn't as interesting anymore. I've read the novels, and I've nearly lost hope for a second season. So with this, Someone Like You will be discontinued. Concerning my other stories... I'll update Seeing Things My Way with one more chapter. But I don't see how I'm ever gonna continue it if I'm not even into the series anymore. This was written and, sadly, abandoned a while back. My writing style has changed and Alina-Hime will be starting anew (I'm not gonna delete anything but I'll be writing differently).

I really apologize and I thank everyone for reading this while it lasted.

Disclaimer: Drrr! belongs to Narita.