NOTE: Please be aware that Kanra IS Izaya in a woman's clothes. Kanra is Izaya's feminine side/ the woman inside him. That is quite an obvious secret for the readers already. So please, do not be confused if I shift pronouns because I described Kanra and Izaya as a single character in this chapter.
Chapter 11 – Who Are You?
The bloated grey clouds roared angrily just after the lighting brightened the heavens above.
"I've been expecting you." A familiar silky voice spoke after the drenched bartender came in to his lair. He carefully spilled out the words, making sure that his voice didn't falter or shake.
The room was spacious but Shizuo knew that the voice came from the chair in front of him. Though the back of the leather seat faced him, he knew that Izaya was sitting there.
Now the sinister skies mumbled in hush tones. And a single sound was heard beneath all their low whispers. The sound of something beating...
A pair of brown eyes widened in surprise when he heard that smooth voice. His hand went up to his chest and felt the pulsating thing. It pounded endlessly and the sound was so raucous that he thought the other man could hear the sound of his own heartbeat. He could definitely hear the ruckus of his throbbing heart that was ready to burst out the secret he had been keeping.
A pale hand slid up to her bouncy chest. Her pink lips were closed in a thin line, her eyes were shut. But her heart banged unceasingly with a secret almost at the tip of her tongue. She felt the balloons as it beat against her heart. Worry grazed her heart a bit as she thought that the bartender might hear the loud thumping commotion inside of her.
I love you, Izaya! The soaked bartender wanted to explode his confession but his tongue was laden. His throat felt dry and no words came out from his slightly opened mouth.
Izaya loves you, Shizu-chan! The cross-dressed information merchant wanted to strip off his disguise and prove the tall man that. Yet coldness held his hands and made it numb.
Both men were motionless and didn't budge from their positions. They stared at the rampaging storm displayed from the huge window. The sound of their own heart beats echoed in their ears. Silly enough, they kept asking their heart to calm down. Both were embarrassed that the other one would hear it. Yet their ears only listened to the united beating of their hearts that ached with forbidden love for each other.
The black armchair was pushed back a little. Izaya stood up but a shadow of a shapely woman was what those chocolate globes stared at.
"Could you be...?" The blond stepped forward to take a closer look. There was no mistaking those wavy black locks belonged to one pretty face. He knew there was only one girl who would dress as similar as Izaya's fashion.
"Kanra?"
As she heard the name, she spun around and faced the drenched man. A mysterious sad smile was plastered on her pale face. Her melancholy crimson eyes glowed at him in the dark.
Another cliff-hanger! BUT I will update soon XD Why am I dragging it too much? Well, to keep the suspense, of course! And, I would like to test if I can make something that would make some of the readers bite their teeth in anticipation~ Please review and I'll feed you more of this~ :D