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Luckily it was quite busy at work that day. Or more like I was just paying attention for once. But that would leave me less opportunities to think about that...thing that happened that was...kind of... Fuck. Well, or so I thought.

"Shizuo-san! I got a call from the reception. Someone is waiting for you in the lobby."

Great. Who the hell? It wasn't Izaya, I could bet my ass on that. Wait no.

"Tell them I'm busy." I muttered without looking up from the papers I was currently going through.

"Ah, but it seems they want to talk with you, shouldn't you go? Besides it's already lunch break, you shouldn't overwork yourself.", the girl scolded me, though there was a radiant smile on her face. Ah, she was nice. And cute. Yeah, girls were like that. Men, on the other hand, were...

I got out of the elevator and immediately two figures headed my way. Two? Ah, one was Kadota, probably should've figured that out, but I didn't know who the other guy was.

"What did you do?"

Wow, upfront, weren't we? Not to mention it was your fault. Again, if I might add.

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks for asking."

"Why isn't he picking up his phone?"

"How the hell am I supposed to know? !" I knew but there was no way in hell I was gonna tell him, unless he was prepared to die.

"Come on, Shizuo! What, you let your mouth run wild again? Or you beat him up? There's no way you didn't do anything."

Yeah, I did do...something. But you'd never expect me to have done something like kiss him or...or-

"N-No!"

...Did you just stutter? You stuttered? Fucking idiot. See, now he was looking all weird at you!

"Look, he overslept! I warned him he'd be late but he still didn't listen! Plus, he had a bitch of a headache! He's probably just sleeping it off!"

Yeah, that covered it up. I hope.

"Wah, poor Izaya-san! And I told him not to drink that much! Now I'll have to spend a whole day without him! So lonely~"

Huh? Who the hell was that clown?

"Don't mind him." Kadota answered my unasked question, sounding just a bit annoyed. "He's new. Our company hired him a few days ago and it was decided he was going to be under Izaya's care for a while. Until he gets the hang of things."

"Hmm, so you're Shizu-chan?" he turned to me, cocking his head to the side questioningly.

What the hell?

"Call me that again and you die."

"Huh, why?"

"Cause it's stupid. My name is Heiwajima Shizuo."

"Eh? But doesn't Izaya-san call you like that? Or... could it be he's special-"

"He's not!" Ah, you answered too quickly, idiot. Stop acting weird. That bastard... Was he actually smirking? !

... What's going on? Could it be he knew something?

"Geez, stop it, you two. So... nothing bad happened then?"

I had to bite my cheek to stay calm. Ah, Kadota, stop asking already. It's not like I wanted to lie to you.

"..."

"Shizuo?"

"No! Nothing bad happened!"

Man! So annoying... Bad... I mean... it felt...

"Wah!"

"Sh-Shizuo! Are you crazy? ! Why did you suddenly hit yourself in the face? !"

"Ooh, that might look ugly for a while~"

What were you thinking? Are you gonna let yourself get swayed that easily? ! You're a man, goddammit!

"Hey! Are you listening?"

"...Yeah, just thought there was a bug."

"Don't punch yourself over a bug!"

"Yeah, yeah. Anyway, is that all? I gotta get back."

"Hm? You're not going out today?"

"Yeah, it's a mess up there, so..."

"I see."

I turned to walk away but was stopped as he spoke again.

"Wait! Now that things aren't as bad..." Hardly. "...would you stop avoiding me?" Ah, geez. "You could at least come to the diner again sometime..."

Sigh. "I...Yeah, I'll see."

"We'll be waiting for you, Heiwajima Shi-zu-o-san~!"

Ignore him! Just ignore him! Get in the elevator and it'll all be fine!

"Oh my god! Shizuo-san, are you okay? What happened? !"

Damn, forgot about that.

"It's nothing serious, I'm fine."

"What are you saying? I'll go get you some ice!"

It was around 9:30 pm when I got home. I had to stay late, though, to a certain extent, I made it that way.

And I felt so damn tired I considered just going straight to bed but in the end I decided to take shower before that. I stripped of my clothes, leaving them in a messy heap on the floor as I got in the shower and turned it on. At first the cold water came as a shock but as it began to slowly warm up I felt my muscles beginning to loosen up. I closed my eyes and relaxed my body, enjoying the feel on my skin as the hot streams crashed against it. Man, that was good.

I let my mind wander off for a moment and immediately regretted it, since it decided to, of course, go to that which I had been trying to avoid all day. My eyes snapped open when a certain scene flashed before me. Fuck, I really let my tongue go wild. And speaking of that, I was surprised when I remembered how in that moment, even amongst all the astonishment and fear the idiot had, in fact, tried to kiss back. He hadn't tried to use force, in fact it was almost unnoticeable, but I definitely felt his tongue move as well, even just in the slightest. He sure had guts. Or he probably wanted it to feel like a real kiss or something. Like I wasn't just forcing him or doing it out of anger. Pathetic.

Fuck, it felt weird, without a doubt. But he liked it...? I mean, that bulge in his pants...And that bugle in my pants! Agh, what the hell, was I some kind of animal? So I'd get hard no matter who I was with, even if it was a man? ! Was I the biggest hypocrite or what? Something was surely wrong with me… But it was his fault! It was all his fault for having weird feelings for me, saying he wouldn't be able to get over me, for looking at me as though I had literally tore his heart out even though I hadn't even done anything! Well, except showering him with tons of physical and verbal abuse... I guess I said some pretty bad shit. But it's not like he shouldn't have expected it. I'm sure he knew exactly how things would go! Maybe except that last part...

I finished washing myself and quickly dried off. I hesitated to look in the mirror and was right to do so. The swelling wasn't too bad but it'd definitely be there for at least a week. Sighing I put on a pair of boxers and upon reaching the bed I let myself fall on it. I just wanted to sleep and-Ow! What the-? I propped myself back up on my hands as soon as I felt something jam into my ribs. Whatever it was, it was going straight to hell. Fishing it out from under the blankets I just stared at it. Izaya's cell? well, guess that would answer your question, Kadota. He probably forgot it in all that...commotion.

Without thinking much I flipped it open. 20 missed calls. Wow, looks like someone overdid it a bit. Clicking I saw that more than half of them, however, were actually from someone else. Some guy called Shintarou. I didn't really remember him knowing anyone named like that... Ah, maybe it was that guy from earlier. What the hell was so urgent that he felt the need to call him so many times?

Closing it, I put the phone on my nightstand. It flashed as it signaled that the battery would soon die. Well, I guess I had to give it back to him...But then I had to face him. But right now I couldn't really care that much as I felt my eyes dropping closed. I rested my head on the pillow and a few moments later there was already nothing.

Three days later, I finally decided to go to the diner. As anxious as I was feeling, I have to admit I also felt just a bit relieved. It was nice being back to a familiar place and it gave me a totally different feeling than last time. I knew, however, that inside would be nowhere near the same. Even if I was sure that Izaya hadn't said anything, when he saw us, Kadota... What if he sensed something was wrong? Well even more so than recently. He didn't need to know about that.

I stepped in and almost flinched when I saw the expression that guy's face twisted in the moment his eyes locked with mine. Following his gaze Kadota turned around and I couldn't miss the small smile that was there only for a moment before he turned back around. He shouldn't look so happy yet.

Finally making my way over to the table I waited as he moved in to make room for me next to him.

"How nice of you to stop by."

"Shut up."

"...so-Hey, Izaya-saaaan~ You weren't listening to me, were you?"

My attention was drawn to the other side of the table where Izaya's face was currently being squashed between that Shinwhatever guy's hands while he was being scolded.

"Sorry, sorry. I just suddenly thought of something." Gee, I wonder what it was. "What were you saying?"

Glancing at us the clown suddenly swung his arm around Izaya's shoulders and pulled him close as he turned to me with an almost disgustingly wide grin.

"Ah, look Izaya-san! It's Heiwajima Shi-zu-o-san! So you really decided to join us? Great, now it's going to be even more fun!"

Wow, he was already in my black list. Who the hell did he think he was? I was here first. I just had to take a...temporary leave. He sure had a lot of confidence for a newbie.

Izaya just stood still, frowning and looking to his side. So now he was going to be mad? Whatever, as if I'd care! I just came to bring him his damn phone anyway!

"Oi, drunk ass." I grunted and he would've almost glared at me if he didn't have to protect himself from the device flying his way.

"Shizuo, what are you-"

"Hm...So it was at your place..."

"Yeah, I found it on the be-couch."

"Ah..."

What's with that "ah"? "Thanks" would be more appropriate, I think!

"So you didn't lose it on the street after all! Isn't that good? Man, and to think you got me so worried back then! Even though I knew you wouldn't purposely ignore my calls~" He teased as he shoved Izaya in his chest and started waving him around in the same manner as a small girl would her new puppy.

What was with all the touching? They only knew each other for a about a week, not to mention Izaya was his superior. And why was he just standing there like he didn't mind it at all? Not that I cared! It was just weird...

Did what's-his-name just smirk at me? Again? Was he mocking me? But that meant he definitely knew something...

"Say, Shi-zu-o-san. This morning I turned in my opening assignment I was asked to do, with the help of Izaya-san, of course," Of course. "and if it goes well tomorrow night we were planning on going for a little celebration. You have to join us!" His look told me he was presenting me with a challenge.

"... I don't-"

"Come on, Shizuo. It's just going out for some drinks. Nothing too heavy, though, thanks to the Great Alchohol Overlord there." Kadota bowed sarcastcally and was immediately glared at, Izaya soon moving his gaze to his still almost full plate as an annoyed sigh escaped him.

"Well, I have plans for then, so-"

"Ehhhh? But Izaya-saann, you said you were free earlier!"

He probably was.

"Whatever. It's not like I said I was going."

"No way! It will be totally boring if all of us aren't there~ Everyone has to come! After all, we're all friends here, right? Why not have some fun together?"

Really now? Cause I'd enjoy breaking all your bones, one by one, very much. That would be fun for me.

"It's settled then~ Tomorrow at 8:30!"

What was he planning?