"No matter what I say…you have to believe me. It might sound weird but Celty is real too so why can't what we are be?"

Shizuo looked up curiously waiting for him to go on.

"Sebastian…" so that's his name… "Is a demon."

"What?!" Shizuo exclaimed.

"Quiet Shizu-chan. Celty's a dullahan so it's not that hard to accept."

The blonde nodded and Izaya continued.

"I…am also a demon. But not like him."

He always knew the flea was the demon…in a sense.

"Sebastian has a little flaw in his nature. If something is endangering someone or something close to him, another personality will take over. The personality isn't really defined. It's just a bunch of emotions. Anger, rage, etc. Kind of like when you go on a rampage and try to kill me. Multiply that rage…by maybe one hundred and multiply your strength by seventy five. That strength is Sebastian's regular strength. You can imagine what happens when the personality takes over. Shizu-chan, you, in a sense, ticked him off. The other personality took over and he lost himself in it. The other personality, given the metaphorical name Akoturu, has golden eyes and becomes twice as powerful as Sebastian already is. He becomes unstoppable and only if Sebastian himself is injured in the slightest, does Akoturu go away."

He takes a breath and looks up, crimson eyes meeting honeyed eyes. The debt collector's face is calm yet curious as well.

"Anything else, Shizu-chan?"

"Many. Did Sebastian do that?" he pointed at the various injuries.

A wry smile made its way onto Izaya's lips. "Akoturu did. Sebastian would never willingly injure me."

"How did you get here so fast?"

"I ran."

"From fucking Japan?!"

He nodded. Sebastian and I can run around the world six times in a day if we wanted. I was only tired right now because I'm not exactly ship-shape."

"Well fuck…" the blonde eyes the small bandage that was wrapped around the informant's hand.

"Does that hurt?"

The raven laughed softly. Almost…happy. "Does Shizu-chan care?"

"No…just curious."

"Yes…it hurts." Silence spread through the small room.

"Do demons live forever?"

Izaya nodded. "Sebastian and I…have lived for a while. Too long I must say." He tilted his head back onto the bed and lay down.

"Sebastian doesn't need to eat or sleep though. He can also heal in a fascinatingly short time. I take longer to heal than him but it's faster than the human rate. I also do need to eat and sleep but I can go without it longer than humans as well."

It dawned upon him why Izaya always spewed that 'I love humans' and 'humans are so interesting' stuff.

The informant had closed his eyes and he seemed to be doing something. Small flickers of emotion crossed his face.

"Nii-san…" he wanted to hear his brother's voice.

"…Izaya…" was the solemn reply.

"Nii-san…it's ok. It wasn't your fault. I never blamed you in the first place."

"Izaya this is the fourth time. I can't keep doing this."

"It isn't you. Stop blaming yourself."

"Stay in Japan, Izaya."

A soft smile graced the informant's features and Shizuo just stared at him. He was a bit...'NONONONONO! SHUT THE FUCK UP BRAIN!'

"Nii-san…I'm already in England."

There was no response from Sebastian for a while.

"Why did you return?"

"I can't leave my brother to deal with everything alone can I? I'll be back at the manor soon. Let me help you…please."

After an even longer silence, he responded.

"Alright."

"Arigato, Nii-san. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Flea?" the informant opened his eyes and his pupils roved over to the blonde.

"Hm?"

"Why do you keep doing that? It's like you're talking to someone."

"I am. I'm communicating telepathically with Sebastian."

"I see…" actually that was pretty cool. "Izaya c-"

"Oh? Full name? This must be important." He sat up and gave his enemy his full attention.

Shizuo's eyes were fixated on Izaya's as he spoke. "Who is Sebastian to you?"

The raven's eyes widened and then went back to its usual size. He stared at Shizuo, who might say it was a little uncomfortable, and contemplated whether to tell him or not.

He sighed. "You already know the gist of it; why not tell you the rest? Sebastian…is my older brother."

A violent torrent of relief crashed harshly into the ex-bartender and swept him away.

"I see." He said slowly, normally.

"Shizu-chan, if you don't mind, do whatever you want the rest of today. I'm going to sleep and because I over-exerted myself, I'll be asleep until tomorrow morning by the looks of it."

The debt collector nodded and as soon as Izaya's head hit the pillow, he was off to dreamland.

Shizuo watched Izaya for a while. He lay on his left side, facing the wall. His bandaged right hand under his head and his left fell just below it. An almost innocent expression held Izaya's face captive as he rest. His breath came out softly and hit his pillow in deep, warm breaths and his hair fell just above his eyes delicately, some longer, thinner strands mingling with his eyelashes.

Shizuo sighed and draped the blanket around the informant. It hugged his lithe figure down to every last detail and curve. What was this world coming to? Noticing something like that…

On impulse, Shizuo leaned down slowly, brushing locks of hair from Izaya's forehead, and pressed his lips against the informant's head softly…before running out of the room and out into the bustling city.

Thanks to Alwaysblu and Hanako-Chan16 like always for the reviews as well as zymiko. My story is ending soon…maybe. Just wanted to remind you! So new poll results! I'm planning on making another Shizaya story soon. What should Izaya's disability be? (Because I'm so mean...)

Have Amnesia – 3

Injured severely by gang members – 1

Blind – 0

Mute – 3

Deaf – 0

Losing all Five Senses (no death. Always a loop because I hate death fics) – 0

Injured severely by Shizuo – 0

Amnesia and Mute! Ooh! A tie! Vote for what you want people! Don't forget to review!