The Grand Exchange

Chapter 9

"this is bad" a brunette murmured as he paced back and forth into the laboratory, his white lab coat flipping at his swift movements as he continued to chant. Shinra stared at the paper in his hands and to the vial on the table that was now secured in case some accidents might happen. His chant continued and the footsteps as well. Annoyed at this the dullahan stood on the couch and started to type on her PDA and poked the brunette showing him her text.

[shinra what's wrong?]

"oh my, Celty this is terrible!" Shinra flailed his arms and turned around to read the papers again

[terrible? Why?]

"ive found this papers as I cleaned the laboratory and this paper consist of all the data that ive collected regarding the vial and it was terrible!"

[how about explaining it to me?] Celty let out some smoke on her neck to show him that she was frustrated at the doctors coated words. [tell me what is so terrible?]

Shinra notices that Celty was already impatient he sat on the chair and fixed his glasses before looking up to her

"on my past experiments the switch was unsuccessful since I did it with some animals and all, but then then this data came from Nebula and they have tried human as samples as well and it turned out to be successful but the second experiment.. it wasn't as successful as before"

[how come?] Celty also took a seat in front of the doctor listening to him.

"the content of the vial being poured isn't equal at all, they have change yes, but the other one died"

[died! So you mean once the vial isn't applied equally then it means one of the two would die?!]

"yes, and the one who died is the one who had most of the vial, once it was active the person on the other body would start to adopt the mentality of the body they resides, they would be able to see their past, think their thoughts, adopt their thoughts and it would lead into a throbbing headache…"

[then you mean!]

"yes, Shizuo…. we might lost him and Izaya would be on his body forever"

[is there any antidote the Nebula already made?]

"unfortunately no, but I managed to get the formula from what they are still working, thanks to Izaya" Shinra raised the papers to show celty what he meant and celty took a scan but she didn't understand it instead she typed on her PDA and showed it tohim. [SHINRA YOU SHOULD START WORKING NOW!]

"I am working my dear! Can't you see the fruit of all my hard work? Its already hanging under my eyes, black and round its already ripe~ ive been working nonstop now" Shinra sighed dramatically as he turned his attention back to the papers. Celty looked at the underground doctor and went to the kitchen to prepare him some tea, yes he had been working nonstop and the bags under his eyes were the evidence of that, but she hoped Shinra would be able to finish it so that they can save shizuo and return everything back to normal.

Shizuo stood in front of a huge house, really huge house, he stayed on the gate still contemplating if he should come inside or just head home and sleep to obey what Izaya said but then again…

it was stupid! I mean Shizuo is a monster and I don't understand why his parents took it as if nothing is wrong with their son!

izaya's words from yesterday fuelled his rage more, and he clenched his fist glaring at the doorbell. To heck with the flea! I told him not to come but he still went on my house! Im just returning the favour! With that set on his mind he pressed the doorbell and waited before a voice was heard on the intercom.

"who are you?"

"its me, Izaya" he said as he slipped his hands on the pocket of his jacket and waited, he heard a gasp from the intercom.

"I..Izaya-san?" he was about to speak when he heard the twins from the device. "Iza-nii! you came!" it was Mairu and without warning the gates opened and inside the house the twins bust out of the doors and jumped in to hug him, but Mairu on the other hand smirked and went jumping to blow a kick on him. Shizuo upon seeing this he ducked to avoid the blow and rolled jumped away from his spot before Mairu could punch him again.

"the hell was that for?"

"ehh? Iza-nii that's how we really approach each other right?" Mairu crossed her arms as Kururi stared at him.

"we (we are) glad.. here (glad you are here)" Kururi said as Mairu smiled before tugging her brothers arm and dragged him inside the house. Shizuo looked around the house the furnitures are all expensive and the decorations as well. Passing through the hallway he noticed a huge family picture his parents were there, the twins but there is no sight of the raven, as he saw that his urge to go home became strong and he started to think that coming here was a bad idea.

Never step foot in this house again I said…

shizuo rubbed his temples as he cursed silently, the stupid voice is back again and its really annoying sometimes it would bring him terrible headache.

"Iza-nii? here we are" Mairu opened the door where a table was set formally along with delicious food and shizuo thought how rich really Izaya is. Looking around he went to the paintings and looked at it before his eyes fell on the photos displayed above a expensive looking cabinet. Photo of the twins, his parents, his parents with the twins but none of it belongs to Izaya. Shizuo stared at one particular photo where his parents stood and in their front were the twins and beside his mother stood a raven haired smiling boy but it was barely visible since it was being cut only half of his face is visible it was clearly being cut.

"What are you doing here?" a deep voice said and it made Shizuo turn around and faced a man who was wearing a glasses with brunette hair much like the twins rather than the raven boy. Shizuo eyed the man, he really didn't look like Izaya there are no resemblance, shifting to his side he saw a woman coming out brunette hair were neatly tied and her brown eyes widened.

"you! What.." she muttered and Shizuo still remained silent, Izaya got his flawless skin to his mother no doubt about it.

"we invited Iza-nii! mom, dad" Mairu said and smiled as she latched herself on Shizuo's arms as well, Shizuo tried to talk, tried to move but he can't do it for some reason and his feet were glued on the ground and hi eyes on the two figures in his front who looked at him as if he was a ghost. Shaking his head a bit Shizuo didn't like this, he didn't like the atmosphere here it was suffocating that he swallowed a lump.

"the food is ready" Mina Izaya's mother said as he turned after giving a glare at Izaya and latched her arms on her husband Teiko who also gave him a cold stare.

"maybe I shouldn't have come" he murmured softly but it didn't fail to reach Mairu who pouted and dragged him as well.

"that's really mean Iza-nii! you never show your face every dinner I want to eat with you as well" she pushed Shizuo and Kururi of course did the same thing and went to the dining table. Shizuo was atleast glad that the twins sat each on his side and served him with food.

The dinner went so silent, really silent although Shizuo like silence this one was way too uncomfortable. When he and his family is having dinner his mom wouldn't stop talking, asking how he is or Kasuka, she was smiling at shizuo listening to him as he vent his frustrations about Izaya which his mother would laugh at because she said he sounded like 'a boy being annoyed by its crush' and it would make him spit his food at the thought of Izaya having a crush on him, Shizuo was about to eat when he paused as he heard Mina started talking.

"I thought you will never show your face again" she glances at his direction and back to her food.

"well.." Shizuo cursed silently he didn't know what to say and he's not like Izaya who is good at lying or blending in with the conversation it was really a bad idea to come here just to piss Izaya off. "well Mairu and Kururi asked me too" he said and stared at the delicious steak and salad on his plate but for him it didn't look as tasty anymore, the situation made his stomach upset as well.

"you can leave if you want" she added

"huh? but I .."

"you heard your mother right? I know you don't like being here as well as the both of us so its probably better if you just go and not to show your face anymore" Teiko said not even sparing a glance as he continued to eat.

"what?" Shizuo said in disbelief as he looked at Izaya's parents his hand clenching underneath the table.

"you heard us, we don't want to insult you and repeat what happened before you left this household" Teiko said and took a sip from his wine.

"but still, I went here at least i-"

"can't you understand! We don't want you here! I don't want to see your face!" she practically screamed.

"mom don't blame iza-nii, it was us who d-"

"go to your room! Now both of you!" she snarled and the twins looked at Shizuo apologetically before they went upstairs.

"now you ruined the dinner, why do you ruin everything huh?" Tieko said he pushed his plate away and glanced at Mina who looked so furious now.

"I really don't want to come here I went here for my sisters sake not yours!"

"you are showing your real colours now? Just like your bastard of a father! Get out here! Get out I don't want to see you!" turning to the table she pushed Shizuo away.

"its better if you leave now kid" Teiko said as well and went to grip his arms dragging him to the door. Shizuo gritted his teeth and tried to pry off the strong arms but failed to do so.

"don't fucking drag me! I can walk on my own!" he hissed and growled as he was thrown out of the house.

"don't you ever show your face to me again!" Mina shouted before slamming the door in his front.
Shizuo gritted his teeth as he stared at the house, a beautiful architecture from the outside but the inside is nothing but ruins he thought before kicking the gates and stomping going back to Izaya's apartment and he instantly flopped in the couch and he thought nothing but the flea's parents, really terrible and cruel, it was really intolerable. Why would some parents treat their child like a trash and threw them away when not needed, Shizuo didn't understand at all it didn't made sense to him why they did that, his parents never did such things to him or said things like that, they always understand him and-

"that's it.." he murmured as he looked up the ceiling, his thoughts made another race. This situation made him realize something, something that he failed to realize because of his own selfish thoughts. Im lucky that my parents accepted me like the monster I am, they never once treated me differently, they didn't even

think he was a monster and here… I am dreading about myself being a monster, being a big problem to them.. if I just understood it from the start I would have never looked down at myself like that because… because I have my family and yet…

"Izaya.." he murmured and closed his eyes.
there are other people who tried their best to gain their parents love…

"mom.. look I got a perfect score like you always want!"

Izaya's small voice echoed through his mind and clenched his fist, for some uncertain reason he felt so angry and he wondered why the ceiling is becoming blurry and his eyes are wet.

"eh?" bringing a hand he touched his cheek and he realized he was crying. "why?" he asked himself and frowned he didn't feel like crying or even feeling a tightness on his chest then why is he crying? He just laid there and did nothing. No it wasn't me who was crying, it was Izaya… Izaya is.. Izaya's body is breaking down… it was crying for him..
shizuo chuckled as he wiped the tears away, he was amazed at how Izaya would annoy him every day with that stupid smirk of his as if nothing is wrong, as if he was fine.

"what an actor" he murmured, he really didn't understand the flea, he was weird and creepy but then again.. Shizuo sighed and closed his eyes remembering Shinra's words back in highschool.

"Izaya isn't really a bad person or a good one; he is just a lonely child that wanted some attention" Shinra said as he looked at the raven that was eating his snack under a cherry blossom tree humming a tone as he skim through his phone

"really? What a laugh, he is just so creepy and keep on driving people away from him" I snorted and glanced at the raven who looked at me and smiled waving at us

"maybe because no one understands him and no one would want to understand him or he don't want anyone to understand him"

i am terribly sorry for this long update! also i tried to get the feels first before writing this so that it would come out good right? its better to write when you are on mood than to force yourself~ and oh right i have a announcement *drum rolls* Shizaya feels will be rolling SOON! yay see.. that our plot is improving! 29thcarnival thank you for the wonderful reviews! and yes about the grammatical errors im working really hard on it well i found someone to help me so my next updates might be edited now! Luckyi know i already greeted you a happy birthday so i'll just tell you to have a great day!

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