Chapter ten makes this officially my longest story in terms of chapter length~ Also, as an insentive to review, and as a special prize to you all, the person who gives me the 100th review on this story will get a one-shot of any m/m pairing they want from any series I have SEEN. You can decide the basic plot too when won~! And the rating and warnings...ASSUMING I KNOW THE CHARACTERS for instance I know of Shiki-san from DRRR, but I don't know him well enough to write a fic involving him in any major way, likewise there are many series I don't know of or have not seen to completion If this is the case, I will just ask you to pick another pairing/anime and why. If the 100th reviewer is an Anon...it goes to the next up who isn't anonymous (i.e. reviewer 100 and 101 are anon it would go to 102)

Izaya frowned at his mirror image and ran one hand over the swell on his abdomen. He was definitely showing now, and in fact it showed throw his clothing now too. At least people had stopped stopping him on the street every time he went out. Kasuka and his own sisters had both popped in to say hello and congratulate the pair. People still stared though if he went anywhere and Shiki had not stopped staring at his abdomen the first time he saw the man after the announcement. At least he wasn't as moody any more.

His abdomen had really started to ache the last few days and the first day he'd called Shinra, panicky, who had assured him this was normal and that it just meant his body was successfully accommodating the new growths. Shizuo was also well on his way to quitting. He had slipped a couple of times, but that was it. Although his temper seemed to be flaring more often now. Seemed Shinra's secondary plan had failed nicely. He smiled now though and patted the swell; he was fond of these two little monsters, though Shizuo insisted on calling them little fleas instead. He crept silently back out and to the kitchen now, hoping there were some frozen burger patties still in the freezer, but he doubted it.

"Damn it," He muttered, looking at the clock over the oven. Three in the morning, but oh man did he ever need a burger really badly! He moved quietly to the bedroom and poked Shizuo. The man grunted, but didn't move.

"Shizu-chan…wake up!" He grumbled and shoved him again.
"Fuuuck, whuh time s'it?" He asked, not opening his eyes.
"Shizu-chan, I want a burger, there aren't any left!" He whined and Shizuo opened his eyes to glare at him then the lighted dial on the clock display.
"It's three in the fucking morning flea, go to sleep," He growled.
"Shizu-chaaaan! I neeeeeed a burger, nooooow!" He whined again and finally the blonde groaned and sat up.

"Fine, let's go," He grumbled and Izaya grinned happily. He pulled on a pair of Shizuo's sweat pants though, knowing he'd get cold if he went out in shorts. Shizuo sort of stumble-walked the whole way to the McDonalds, but they got him his burger and the appeased Izaya ate it happily…all three of them. That damned feeling in his chest had flared again when the man got out of bed despite his obvious exhaustion.

On the way home though Izaya took Shizuo's hand, needing some contact and felt his heart skip annoyingly when Shizuo didn't reject it, and actually laced their fingers together. Stupid Shizu-chan, making it seem like he actually cared. Izaya frowned then and leaned in to him, wishing he knew what these newer feelings were.

He knew what he was feeling towards the two little monsters, though it was much more powerful than he'd expected. He knew what he felt for humans, his precious, precious humans. He knew the respect he had for Shiki and Celty and the murderous rage he now held towards Shinra (though he was also grateful to him in a way), but he didn't know what he felt for Shizuo anymore. He had hated him once, yes. He had loathed the man and went out of his way to torment him but that was 12 weeks ago…three whole months had passed since they were together –he was now 14 weeks pregnant counting from the typical gestational calendar—and now it was something else. Shizuo had seen more of Izaya than Izaya would have preferred and learned things he'd have preferred he didn't.

Like the fact that Izaya had to sleep with socks because his feet always got too cold at night, and that he loved zombies more than anything else, not to mention Izaya's weakness for all things small, fluffy and cute. Izaya had even started having sex with him while they weren't drunk! At first it was just from hormones, but he knew even now that when the twins came he wanted this to stay like this. He found he liked being held and he liked having Shizuo's warm body next to his at night. And he LOVED being pounded into the sheets by him too. He blushed at the thought though and looked at Shizuo's face. He was practically sleep-walking.

Shizuo collapsed in bed when they got back, asleep before he even hit the bed really. He sent Celty a text then asking if he could talk to her. He smiled when she responded in minutes that she would be there soon. He wasn't sure the woman slept.

He explained everything he felt as best he could to her and he knew she listened to every word he said. It was her response that stymied him.
[Do you love him?] It read and he nearly laughed. He didn't as he didn't want to wake Shizuo but once that wore off he frowned and looked at her.

"Y-you can't be serious? H-he's a monster! My love is reserved for all of humanity Celty-san!"
[Perhaps, but what you've described does sound a lot like love you know] Izaya didn't know what to say to that.
"I know what love is Celty-san, this feels different," He insisted.
[You know what it is to love, but do you know what it is to be IN love?] He froze.
"You mean they're different?" He asked; his voice softer than before and she typed again.

[Yes]
"Oh," Was all he could say. Maybe he didn't love Shizuo then, but was IN love with Shizuo? It was a possibility he couldn't really deny.
[What you describe with your feelings for him, they sound very much like mine for Shinra. I believe you're in love with Shizuo-san]

He nodded. It would make sense. He'd never been in love before, so it was no wonder he wouldn't recognise it for what it was. He smiled then and nearly hugged the Dullahan beside him.
"Thank you Celty-san…you can go home now if you want," He said and she left soon after. Izaya padded silently into the bedroom and climbed back in to bed, snuggling in to Shizuo's warm form smiling when an arm draped over him automatically.

Shizuo was too tired to move when the alarm went off.
"Shizu-chan, make it be quiet" Izaya mumbled from his chest and he grabbed the clock with one hand and yanked it from the wall. Before returning his arm to where it had been on Izaya's body. Said informant nuzzled into his chest some more and Shizuo sighed. He knew he had to get up despite the 3 am hike to get a burger. He wondered how much more he could take of this though. Izaya wasn't even the problem, he could deal with the cuddling and the bad movies and even the three am cravings. He was scared though and it was coming out as anger to others. He was scared of being a father, something he had never considered doing, and he was scared shitless by it. He didn't know how he would do at this; he knew he was hardly father material. In fact he was probably the last person on earth who SHOULD be a father –discounting the fact that the flea was the last person on earth who should be a mother—he had so many bad habits and lousy tendencies that it was scary. He had turned the puppies in Ikebukuro into flying objects for Pete's sake, and let's not forget the smoking habit he was still trying to quit.

"Shizu-chan, you have to get up ne?" Izaya mumbled now and the man groaned.
"Please don't remind me," He muttered before dragging his sorry ass out of bed to dress. Izaya moved into the warmth of where Shizuo had been and that made him smile.

"Anything I should pick up on the way home?" He asked the now half-asleep Izaya.
"Mmm, we're nearly out of milk," He mumbled sleepily before his breathing evened out again and Shizuo knew he was asleep again. He envied the informant the ease of his job and, after making sure Izaya was really, truly asleep, he kissed his forehead lightly.

"See you when I get back flea," He whispered affectionately and headed out. He knew he was in love with the idiot, but he wasn't sure when hate had crossed that fine line into love. He knew the animosity had faded when he had learned Izaya was pregnant off him, and the non-violence towards him helped them get to know each other. He knew he'd started to like him after the first ultrasound –though he loved the two little fleas inside him. He'd only realized he loved Izaya recently, but it was true. This was the other reason his aggression had exploded recently as he had no idea how to say something so simple to Izaya. He'd loved before yes, Izaya was hardly the first in that aspect, but Izaya was also rapidly becoming the one he'd loved the most, like, ever.

"Tom," He greeted his employer who nodded to him. They moved, managing to deal with a whole two collections before they ran in to a problem. Namely it was a man who was trying to claim there was no money due to his wife's pregnancy. Shizuo had been sympathetic…until the soccer ball fell out from under her shirt. The stop sign nearby no longer existed in the concrete at that point.

"Why are you so violent?" The man cried when he saw this. It made Shizuo's eye twitch.
"I HATE VIOLENCE!" He roared attacking the man. He knew it was hypocritical, he just couldn't control it. Tom managed to stop him from killing the man, though he was sent flying…probably past the train station but Shizuo couldn't see that far.

"You've been unusually high strung lately," Tom commented when they were further away and Shizuo grunted.
"Yeah, well, Izaya woke me up at three this morning," He grumbled and Tom smiled.
"I mean for a few weeks now. For a while things were calm enough, but then you sort of snapped. If you need to talk…?" He offered but Shizuo shook his head. He did need to, but he would ask Celty for her ear as he trusted her not to tell anyone things he did not wish to have spread.

Celty met with the blonde three hours –and six vending machines, two cars, eight road signs and a dog later.
"It's not that I'm angry, normally that's the case but, I…I'm scared Celty,"
[Of what? Anything that comes your way you can simply beat back] He chuckled at that.
"I mean…of being a…a Dad. I'm not sure I'll be good at it you know? I mean I have to be the worst possible role model out there," He said.
[I think you'll be better than you give yourself credit for, you do love the twins right?]
"Yes…I have since I knew they existed but…"

[And Izaya?]
"What about him?"
[What do you feel towards him? Do you still hate him?]
"No…Celty-san, I think I'm in love with him," She was rather startled by this. It seemed the two were in love and didn't know how the other felt.

[Have you told him?]
"Of course not! How the hell would I? That's the other problem anyways. I'm scared of doing that too, I don't know how to say how I feel, and I have no idea how he'll react to me telling him. I mean he still hates me, right?"
[I wouldn't know] She lied and she hoped Shizuo didn't sense her nervousness over it. Shinra would have, but Shinra could practically read her mind.
"Yeah, I guess not. I mean there was no love to start but…Ah, what should I do? I'm scared of telling him how I feel, and I am terrified of the babies, I know I'm gonna screw up, I have no idea what I'm doing!"
[Does anyone?] He blinked when he saw that message and Celty would be smiling had she her head.

"I-I guess not…"
[Babies do not come with manuals. You will learn, and yes, you will make mistakes, but if you love them then things will work out. You can make this work Shizuo-san] this was typed in two separate messages as her phone screen ran out of space. The blonde grinned and nodded.
"Thanks Celty-san. I feel a bit better now,"
[I'm glad. But you really should tell Izaya-san how you feel]

He shivered at the thought, "How do I do that though?"
[Something tells me that will go better than you expect it to as well] She said and she hoped Izaya could be honest just once in his life at least.
"I really hope you're right," He mumbled.
[If you need to talk again, please let me know. I'm happy to help however I can] she did feel guilty about her role in this situation after all and Shizuo nodded.
"I may take you up on that. I better go though, Izaya will get impatient if I don't bring milk and frozen burgers home soon. Better get strawberry cake too, I think he ate the last piece again," He smiled and she nodded in her own way.
[Talk to you later]

"Shizu-chan~! Oooh, more cake!" Izaya grinned when he saw that and happily took that from him at least.
"Yeah well, I figured you'd have eaten the last piece by this point and I didn't want you to get me up at some ungodly hour again tonight," He shrugged. Izaya felt his cheeks turn red at the comment.
"Yeah…sorry about that," He mumbled and then smirked at the stunned look on Shizuo's face.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but did THE Izaya Orihara just APOLOGISE?" He asked in total shock.
"And to a plebeian monster no less~" Izaya chirped cutting to generous slices of cake and offering one to Shizuo who took it…though he was still in shock.

"Hey flea?"
"Yeah?"
"I…don't hate you now," Izaya smiled at that.
"I don't hate you anymore either Shizu-chan," He said. He didn't know if he wanted to tell Shizuo how he really felt yet. He was still getting used to the whole idea anyways.

"Well…good then," Shizuo said, clearing his throat and starting on his share of cake.
"You want my cavity-inducing icing?"
"…It's cake. There's no point without the icing."
"I disagree, do you want it or not?"
"Ahh, fine," He grumbled and Izaya held a forkful of icing at him. Shizuo looked between the fork and Izaya's face before eating it off the proffered fork. Izaya smiled and ate his cake, all except the icing which he fed to his monster.

Izaya wondered if this was a good idea. Shizuo seemed asleep to be sure, but he was worried too. He fidgeted in the man's arms, hoping he was really asleep.
"Shizu-chan, are you awake?" No reply. Good.
"Shizu-chan…I'm sorry I'm such a coward, and I can't tell you this to your face when you're awake. I wish I could, but…I haven't got the intestinal fortitude for it, not yet so, while you're asleep, I…I love you, Shizuo. I love you, and I know you probably don-" He was cut off with a rough kiss.

"I love you too, you stupid flea," Shizuo mumbled into Izaya's neck once his lips moved there.
"Y-you were pretending?"
"Yes. I figured if you really needed me for something you would start poking me," Shizuo nipped at Izaya's ear now.
"Ah! Hey! It's a bit late for this, ne?"

"I have tomorrow off," Shizuo muttered into Izaya's neck, rolling on top of him now and Izaya moaned a little.
"Good, nnn~! I want you~" He purred and stripped Shizuo of the t-shirt he slept in on nights they didn't have sex. He felt Shizuo shiver at his words as his own hoodie was tugged off before Shizuo attacked his collarbone and chest with his mouth.

"Haah~! Hurry up!" Izaya ordered. He was already hard and Shizuo smirked against his skin.
"Patience is a virtue," He reminded tugging off the shorts that now rode lower due to his growing abdomen.
"I have no virtues, now hurry~" Izaya mumbled, Shizuo's sweats coming off now and he grabbed the lube from the nightstand, spreading it on his fingers before inserting two into Izaya.

"Ahh~! Shizu-chan~!" He gasped, his legs spreading more. Shizuo grinned at the view he had…glorious in his mind. He thrust them, adding a third finger as fast as he could before starting to get himself ready too. Izaya whimpered when the fingers were removed but his face was so perfect when Shizuo entered him.

"Haah~! Aaan~! Sh-Shizu-chan~!" Shizuo moved slowly at first, but Izaya bucked his hips impatiently.
"Ne, Shizu-chan, d-don't hold back on me," Izaya gasped and then screamed in delight as the headboard cracked loudly against the wall. Yep, their apartment was soundproof. The noise Izaya made combined with the steady thumping of the bed against the wall was enough to wake the dead.

"Shizuo~! More~! Please God, more~!" He begged, his legs wrapped around Shizuo's waist as he pounded into him. He bit at Izaya's neck and ears gently, not enough to leave a deep mark but Izaya moaned with each of the light ones left, each thrust inside him. It was so good like this.

"Haah~! I-Izaya, I c-cant…" Shizuo groaned but Izaya came first, covering their abdomens with the white mess. Shizuo groaned, Izaya's release triggering his own and he came deep inside his lover. He grew still inside Izaya eventually, listening to him breathe happily and Izaya's hands –now tangled in Shizuo's hair- moved to his face to tug him down that their lips might meet. Shizuo kissed him like he never had before and he could feel it was different for Izaya now too.

"I love you, Shizu-chan," He breathed when they broke apart. Shizuo pulled himself out and lay next to his lover, pulling him close to his body now too.
"I love you too…Izaya" The informant smiled at the new intimacy they had and curled happily into Shizuo's warm chest.

"This changes everything, doesn't it?" Izaya asked softly.
"Yeah. It does"

Seliphra: Again, my beta is a bit behind, so if you notice any grammar or spelling errors, please tell me so I can fix it!
Shizuo & Izaya: *cuddling in the corner*
Seliphra: ...Right, guess it's just me...Remember to review!1! Or I'll set these two on you all for making them be exectant parents longer ;o Also, this update is earlier because chapter 10 is coming after the weekend, I'm not going to have time on Saturday or Sunday to post, so you get the chapter earlier then I intended. Love you all, and remember to review~