There may not be an update tomorrow, my Dad's in the hospital (again) waiting for surgery(again) And things are kind-of crazy, plus I have four chapters qued for beta'ing so if I do post it'll be the unpolished edition.

Ikebukuro was in a state of mild shock. For nearly a month not one street sign had been uprooted, no cars had been totalled via throwing, and all the vending machines were where they should be. Shizuo was still seen around, but he seemed to be controlling himself more than ever before…if anything though he simply seemed in very high spirits. Shinra had noticed this and was rather gleeful but Shizuo popped his bubble when he said that it was only until the baby was delivered at which point things would go…relatively…back to normal and he and Izaya could finally kill him. He turned to Celty at this.

"Sweetie, you will protect me right?" She paused. For a long while and Izaya smirked. They were there for his ultrasound. Finally she nodded again and Shinra sighed in relief,
"My wifey is so mean~!" He pouted, "Izaya-san, lift your shirt up, I need your abdomen," He said grabbing the jelly needed and Izaya sighed, doing as he was told…for once.

"Gah! That's cold!" He gasped as the stuff was spread below his belly button and Shizuo fidgeted nervously. Shinra just grinned impishly but continued before putting the metal wand on his navel over the jelly. For a moment there wasn't anything to be seen but he moved the thing around until something came up.

"Ah, there it is!" He said happily and Shizuo grinned like a madman. Izaya felt like his heart had stopped and for some reason he couldn't talk. He tried to tell himself it wasn't from a sudden, powerful rush of emotions.

"Okay, see that fluttery thing? That's the heart forming. Also, look, it has arms and legs! Hmm, you seem to be right on track, good,"
"I-it?" Izaya managed to choke out and Shinra smirked a little.
"It doesn't have a gender yet, we'll have to wait until week sixteen to try and guess, and even then it's not one hundred percent," he explained and Izaya nodded.

"You two want a picture?" He asked next and he and Shizuo were both rather startled when Izaya said yes so fast that Shinra's mouth hadn't had time to close yet. He grinned, "And you wanted an abortion," he said with a smirk.
"Well…I ch-changed my mind," He mumbled, turning red. He knew he was out of character right now, rather strongly, but he could care less too. He was just glad he wasn't showing yet. Shinra said that once he did he was announcing the experiment to the scientific community though Shizuo threated to kill him again. Izaya was just thinking it. Shinra clicked a button and the printer started to go before he turned the machine off and started cleaning the jelly off Izaya.

"Okay, now that that's done…Shizu-chan, I want ice cream~!" Izaya said happily and Shizuo sighed.
"Let me guess….strawberry right?" He asked and Izaya grinned.
"Hmm? You're craving strawberries Izaya-san?" the doctor asked and he nodded.
"And milk…loooots of milk~" He said happily and the doctor smirked.
"I guess it's safe to say then…the child has Shizuo-san's taste buds! Or….it will when the tongue forms anyways,"

Izaya pouted, "I threw up yesterday when I smelled fish…" he mumbled and Shinra nodded.
"This is pretty normal actually, you will find some foods to be delicious now, and others will have you running for a toilet," He agreed and Izaya sighed.
"Morning sickness should fade in a few weeks, give it some time. You're taking the vitamins I told you to?" He asked and Izaya nodded.
"Good."

"Shizu-chan~, let's get some here!" Izaya was clinging again, this time to Shizuo's arm and it was making people stare. The fact that they weren't trying to murder each other right now was one thing but…this was just too creepy. Shizuo privately agreed and though he was already thrilled about being a father, he would much rather toss a vending machine at the flea then have him clingy as hell.

"Alright," He said and the flea bounced on in, happy as could be. They got him his ice cream –Shizuo didn't want anything as he was actually starting to get sick of strawberries—and were on their way. At least no one knew they were living together…or for that matter expecting a baby together…..yet.

Izaya bounced on into the apartment finishing his ice cream then started browsing their now combined collection of DVDs. He picked out the French movie Mutants and popped it in. Izaya's DVD choices had surprised Shizuo, because he was apparently in to horror movies….though it made sense in an ironic and twisted way. For some reason though, his favourites were the zombie movies. He had White Zombie, the entire George A. Romero collection plus the remakes, 28 days later, 28 weeks later, AD, A Virgin Among the Dead, The Boneyard, Cemetery Man, Pet Cemetery(he claimed they were animal zombies), Zombi 2(Which wasn't actually a sequal, but a movie in it's own right), Dead Alive(Apparently one of the goriest movies ever made), Dorm of the Dead, Rave of the Dead, Doomed, Doom, Enter the Zombie and…well, the list went on for miles. There were hundreds of them needless to say and Izaya said he'd watched them all.

Shizuo shook his head and watched with him, but he wasn't sure why. He had learned there were a lot of really low budget zombie movies he had never though could exist like, Kung Fu Zombie and Hot Wax Zombies on Wheels. He had to admit, this was a decent enough one though, and the actress who played Sonia was pretty hot.

Izaya was amusing to watch too since he'd tsk or gasp in all the right places despite having seen it before and more than once at that. Shizuo had a much smaller collection, but he only bought the movies he really liked or the ones Kasuka had given him…mostly ones that starred his brother in other words.

During the movie though the doorbell rang and Shizuo sighed to get it.
"Want me to pause it for you?" Izaya asked and Shizuo shrugged. Izaya paused it after all and Shizuo opened the door.

"What…?" Shizuo blinked at the otaku's who stood before him.
"What do you want, and why are you here?" He asked in irritation.
"Kasuka sent us~! He wanted to say he's gonna be in town and wants to see your new place so he's coming over, Oooh! I wanna see your place too! C'mon Walker, maybe he has some anime we can steal!" She barged in and Shizuo glared.
"Why the hell would I? I don't like the stuff!"
"Please leave," Izaya had appeared and was leaning on the wall, staring at them. They both blinked in shock.
"Izaya-kun?" Walker said in disbelief. Erika looked between them and then squealed.
"I knew it! I knew it! Shizaya is REAL! And you said I was crazy Walker!"
"Shizaya?" Shizuo asked, but he was ignored.
"Oh please, they haven't been fighting so maybe they just started being friends, it doesn't mean anything!"
"Well, if that's the case, why would Izaya be here?"
"Because friends do that,"
"But then-"

"GET OUT OF MY APARTMENT! NOW!" Everyone froze and turned to look at the speaker. Erika and Walker might have expected such an explosion from Shizuo, but neither of them expected Izaya to do that. His fists were clenched, his eyes were flashing and he was even shaking a little.
"See! They're living together, that means I was right about Shizaya!" Erika seemed to have recovered at light speed though Shizuo certainly hadn't. Walker went right back to it when suddenly another surprise happened. Izaya threw something at them, not something heavy of course, just a glass.
"I SAID NOW! OUT! OUTOUTOUT! YOU WANT ME TO SLIT YOUR FUCKING THROATS? I WILL I-"

"Oh shit," Shizuo realized this was a mood swing in an area he hadn't seen yet and picked the Otaku's up by the scruffs of their necks and tossed them –gently for him—out the door.
"Go, before he does!" He urged and shut the door. Erika didn't recover as fast this time.
"What the hell was that?"
"Beats me" They could still hear Izaya yelling.

"I-Izaya-kun, calm down now,"
"DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK TO DO! I WON'T-Mmnf!" Shizuo shut him up the only way he could think of. He kissed the flea. He didn't want to, he wasn't attracted to him or anything; he just needed him to calm down before he stressed himself out enough to trigger a miscarriage.

"Calm Izaya-kun, you don't want to have another miscarriage scare right?" He said as softly as he could and Izaya sniffled.
"N-no," He sniffed then he started crying. Shizuo sighed and kissed his forehead before pulling the flea into a tight hug. Shizuo slowly walked Izaya back to the movie, knowing it would distract him but Izaya remained as close as possible to Shizuo for the remainder of it too. At least his emotions returned to normal but after a while Shizuo had to ask.

"Umm…do you know what…Shizaya actually is?" He asked cautiously not wanting to upset Izaya again after he'd just calmed down but the flea laughed.
"It's an amalgamation of our names,"
"Okay…why?" He asked now and Izaya blushed a little, giggling.
"They do it for celebrities, you know, like Brangelina and so on? They amalgamate the two names together for a couple and the word means they're an item,"
"Oh. Wait, what?"
"Hmm? Erika-chan wants us to be a couple," He explained and Shizuo twitched but managed to bite back the urge to throw something. The movie ended and Shizuo had to fight with the overly-snuggly Izaya so he could get up and put it away.

"It's late anyways Izaya-kun, you need rest," He sighed and Izaya nodded.
"I guess…" He mumbled and went to his room. Shizuo smiled a little and shook his head. They were acting a bit like a couple lately with Izaya so needy for human contact now. Oh well, the record would have to wait to be straightened…if it ever could be when Shinra decided to announce the findings. He changed and crawled in bed, a white tee and sweatpants doing the job for sleepwear. At least he still had a room to himself.

"Shizu-chan…." A grunt came from the sleeping man.
"Shizu-chan, can I sleep with you?" Izaya asked. Another grunt and Izaya grinned.
"I'm taking that as a yes Shizu-chan," He said and climbed in next to him, pulling the hood of his gray hoodie up over his hair and moving in under the other man's arm. Shizuo moved in his sleep and tucked him in closer and wrapped his arms around Izaya properly and this made the flea smile happily.

Shizuo woke and for a moment things were serene. He smiled a little trying to chase down the fragment of his dream –only half remembered, but he did know it was a nice one. He breathed deeply and nuzzled the smell he got. It was pleasant though he couldn't place it until he opened his eyes. Izaya was curled up next to him wearing a gray hoodie and black shorts.

"Izaya-kun…what are you doing in my bed?" He asked and Izaya sighed and frowned, his eyes still bleary from sleep.
"I was lonely," He said and tried to snuggle closer much to Shizuo's chagrin.
"Lonely. Izaya Orihara gets lonely so he climbs in bed with his worst enemy?" Shizuo repeated in mild disbelief for clarification purposes.
"He does when he's pregnant," Izaya said simply. Shizuo sighed and patted Izaya on the back. This was starting to feel almost too natural. Like they really were a couple and had been for ages.

"Alright then. What do you want for breakfast?"
"Waffles, but I'll make them. You suck at cooking," He said with a yawn.
"Gee, thanks," but Shizuo knew it was true. Izaya got up and made the waffles, and for Shizuo's sake, didn't add strawberries to the batter. When finished though he covered his much larger share with fresh strawberries and strawberry syrup. Shizuo opted for maple syrup instead, needing a break from all the strawberry everything. The both drank milk though, Shizuo griping because Izaya had made him drink from a glass. He blinked afterwards and grinned widely.

"No morning sickness today!" He said happily and Shizuo seemed relieved by the news too. Izaya wondered why that was and realized that although he was drinking lots of milk lately, it had always been more in the afternoon and never in the morning. He texted Shinra about it immediately and Shizuo watched him.

"What's up?" He asked.
"Asking Shinra if milk cures morning sickness or not." He said and frowned when he got the reply. "That dirty rat bastard! It does! He says it's why I probably haven't had any heartburn too!"
"And he couldn't mention that sooner?" Shizuo asked and growled. "I'm going to snap his puny neck when this is done," he grumbled and washed up after the meal. It was kind of an unspoken agreement, Izaya cooked, Shizuo cleaned up afterwards. He didn't mind since it turned out Izaya was an unbelievably good cook.

"Right, next ultrasound is in two weeks right?" He asked and Izaya nodded happily swallowing his prenatal vitamins now.
"Hey…I've avoided this topic before but…how are we…how are we going to do this?" He asked and Izaya frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, we're not in love. I don't even like you. I'm putting up with this because you're pregnant and it happens to be mine, that's all but once the baby comes…what…how do we…I mean I want to help raise it, it's just…" He didn't know how to phrase it but Izaya nodded.

"I guess we won't know until it comes ne? And it's not a baby yet. Technically it's still a blastocyst," Izaya said and Shizuo blinked.
"A what?"
"A blastocyst. That's what it's called until week eleven. THEN it's a fetus." He explained and Shizuo shook his head.
"You know too much, you know that?" He said and Izaya laughed.
"That's my job plebeian!" He giggled and went to shower. Shizuo sighed and watched him, still thinking. Maybe they could make this work…he might dislike the flea but he had managed this long living with him and despite Izaya's constant need for contact it wasn't nearly as bad as he thought it would be.

Seliphra: Bahaha!
Izaya: Please tell me those were not all real movies...
Seliphra: *sweatdrop* They are...I've seen them all...and more...
Shizuo: *laughing* It seems Izaya-kun gets Seliphra's movie tastes!
Seliphra: Eh heh...sorry...
Izaya: Whatever...just...review...