Yay! Next chapter! I'm all happy today because I woke up to a Durarara poster with Shizuo and Izaya XD There may be mistakes so please don't hesitate to tell me if there are. Please enjoy and review!
Note: This is still in Izaya's POV until it says otherwise :3
We don't just have Shiro's extreme clinginess to worry about. Kuro is sometimes a big troublemaker as well. So, in the morning I wasn't surprised to find my face covered in black pen markings. I look over to where Shizu-chan is sleeping soundly and find black pen markings on his face too. I sigh and get up to get a wet cloth to wipe my face and Shizu-chan's.
Just because Kuro prefers Shizu-chan over me doesn't save Shizu-chan from Kuro's little tricks. Ah, he reminds me of me when I was younger. He's always playing tricks on people, friends, family, complete strangers. That's why we don't go out too often.
I smile as I place the wet cloth over Shizu-chan's face, a cold, wet cloth. He jumps up and throws the wet cloth before glaring at me, probably cursing me out in his head. I smile and stick out my tongue.
"What the hell was that for?" He asks loudly as I skip to the bathroom.
"You had a little something on your face." As I move my hand over my face to show him where it is the "something" is. Shizu-chan wipes his face with the cloth and notices the black stains. He sighs and nods as he understands.
"Kuro usually does this when Shiro tells him to…that means Shiro's not too happy about what you said yesterday." Shizu-chan says as he gets out of bed and goes to the bathroom that's in our room.
"I swear, Kuro gets influenced much too easily." I say with a laugh as I follow him into the bathroom and wrap my arms around him. "Shizu-chan gets to spend time with his favorite boy today." I say as I nuzzle my head against his back. "Try to behave, okay?" Shizu-chan feels his chin and gets out his shaver and shaving cream from the drawers.
"I'm always on my best behavior. If you could tell me what I'm doing wrong, it would really help." Shizu-chan is clueless, but even I don't know what's going on in Shiro's head. I hope they can settle out their problems though. I really did enjoy being alone in bed with Shizu-chan last night. Even if we didn't have sex, I felt connected with him. Lying beside him comforts me since I'm a needy person. "You know I love both of them the same right?"
"I know." I say as I look at myself in the mirror. Ah, looking at myself now I can still remember when I was pregnant. I truly didn't look like myself and even if I was willing to have children, during the time when I was pregnant I was despising the side effects. I was moody, fat, and hungry all the time. I was also quite emotional. I don't know how Shizu-chan dealt so calmly with me.
Flashback (Two Months into Pregnancy)
I wake up early in the morning and first thing I do is feel like crap and then complain about it to Shizu-chan before sprinting over to the bathroom and spilling out my guts into the toilet. I drag my way back beside Shizu-chan on our bed and put a pillow over my face.
"God, I feel like I'm dying." I say miserably as I groan into the pillow before kicking Shizu-chan's side. "This is all your fault." I say bitterly. He looks at me without any scorn or anger, which confuses me since anytime I used to complain, he'd spit a comeback at me. He just looks like he wants to hold me right now, probably because I look so vulnerable.
"I'm sorry, Izaya, but I promise it won't last too long." He says as he tries to comfort me by kissing my forehead. I know he's sacrificing a lot too. He's been leaving work early ever since we found out I was pregnant. And he's most definitely suppressing his sexual urges too. He's still a monster even if he's my husband. He has animalistic instincts that tell him to push me down and shove his big…well…never mind.
"Look at me I'm gaining so much weight…" I whine pathetically. Then I suddenly feel my mood lift as I realize something. "Ah, we're only seven months away from having little Shiro-kun though." I say as I wrap my arms around Shizu-chan.
"Shiro-kun?"
"You don't like that name?" I say sadly.
"No, no I do. It's perfect." Shizu-chan says nervously, trying to keep me from crying, which I do quite often now.
"I'm gonna get so fat…" I say as I bury my face in his shirt. "I'm gonna have to buy maternity ware." I say dramatically as I feel a dark cloud hover over my head. "Oh my god, what if I stay fat even after I have our child?"
"Izaya, calm down. You'll be able to lose the weight." Shizu-chan says as he rubs my back, trying to comfort me in my hysteria.
"How the hell would you know? You're a man; you wouldn't know about being pregnant!" Shizu-chan looks at me questioningly and kind of chuckles.
"Um…since you've probably forgotten, you're a man too." I look at him and blink in confusion before looking at myself and checking inside my pants. I sigh and smack my forehead.
"I feel like I'm going crazy." I say as I face plant myself into the bed. Shizu-chan laughs a little before running his fingers through my hair, which he often does whenever he wants to make me feel better. It works too. I usually calm down or cheer up whenever he touches my hair like this. He may be a monster, but he's a gentle man at times like these. I'm glad that I'm the only one who can see him like this.
"That's not possible, you know that right? You're already crazy. Heck, you're the most mentally insane person I know, so this is 'normal' for you." Shizu-chan says as he makes me sit up and kisses my lips softly. "You're gonna be just fine. You read about pregnancy before, Mr. Great Information Broker. So why are you so worried about stuff like this?"
"I'm not worried, protozoan." I say bitterly. I face plant myself into the bed again and sigh. "I'm pissed…and sad…and happy…all at the same time."
"Ah, must be the hormones kicking in." Shizu-chan says with a laugh.
"If you don't stop laughing my hormones aren't gonna be the only thing that are kicked in." I say threateningly.
Our conversations never seem to bore me. For a while that's how it went. Shizu-chan would act perfectly calm while I would be a bitter, bitchy, pregnant man. That happened every morning though. I'd barf, complain about it to Shizu-chan, and then argue with him about he made me miserable. All the while I couldn't believe Shizu-chan's patience (or my own extreme behavior). It was annoying to him I'm sure, but he dealt with me like some romantic husband in a book I read once where the husband was so loving to his wife during her pregnancy. It really surprised me (and frightened me sometimes). It just was so out of character for him.
After cleaning myself up I head downstairs to make breakfast. Shiro and Kuro are already awake, playing video games with each other in Shiro's room. Shiro quickly tackles my legs and hugs it. I pat his head and kneel down to kiss his forehead like I do every morning before I head off to work.
"Mommy, I don't want to go with Dad…" Shiro says as he hugs me. "I want to go with you."
"Kuro is gonna go with me to work, so you can spend time with your father. He's gonna take you anywhere you want to go."
"But…I…"
"No buts. I have to get Kuro ready so we can get to work." I say as I head into Shiro's room and begin talking to Kuro about today's plans.
Shiro's POV
My mother keeps telling me how I should spend time with father, but I really don't want to go anywhere with him. He's not like mom. He doesn't treat me the same way as Kuro. I know he likes Kuro more. He scares me too. And it's all his fault anyway…It's all his fault…
"Shiro, where do you want to go today?" My dad asks me as he pets my head. I back away and shake my head. "No, I don't want to go with you." He looks really sad, but I really just want to be with mom. Mom loves me most and it makes me happy that he does.
"I know you'd rather be with your mother, but I really want to spend the day with you."
"No you don't. You're just doing what mom says." I say angrily.
"Look, we'll go out for a little while and then come back home. But either way, we're gonna spend some time together. I love you just as much as Kuro. I want you to know that." He's lying.
"If we have to go somewhere…then I want to go to bookstore…" I say as I take out the money I have in my pocket. "Mom gave me this money so I could by a new book, so he could read it to me."
"Fine, we can go to the bookstore then, but you don't have to spend the money your mom gave you. I can buy the book for you. You save that money." My dad says with a smile as he kneels down to my level.
After we all have breakfast, Kuro gets on his jacket (with Mom's help) and waits for Mom at the door. Mom pats my head and kneels down to fix my jacket. He wishes me luck with dad and then kisses my forehead before talking to dad about all the stuff he needs to do, give me a bath, feed me, that kind of stuff. Dad says he knows and then gives Mom a kiss before Kuro and Mom leave to go to work. They kiss a lot. It makes me mad sometimes because I heard from uncle Shinra and aunt Celty that Dad used to be really mean to Mom. I wasn't supposed to be listening, but I couldn't help it. I heard that Mom even got hurt because of Dad.
It's all his fault too. It's all his fault that I'm like this. I never asked to be some kind of a freak. Nothing's wrong with Kuro. No, Kuro is normal. It's just me. I'm a freak all because of Dad. Dad never talks about it with me and Kuro, but I already know from what I've heard from people around town. My Dad used to be really bad. He used to destroy stuff and used to get really mad all the time. Mom used to call him a monster and that's what I am. It's because of him.
"Well…you're mother is gonna be back before dinner, so I can give you a bath before then." My dad says as he grabs his sunglasses and jacket. "Let's head out. I've got some other plans for us today after we go to the bookstore." I really wonder how Mom is gonna handle Kuro. My younger brother is a troublemaker and if my mom doesn't give him something to do, he'll find something to do that'll amuse him and trouble his victims.
Kuro's POV
My brother and I haven't been separated before, so I'm not sure how to feel about this right now. Mommy is taking me to work though. I like being around Daddy more, but Mommy isn't so bad. Mommy's office is not too far from home, so he and I are walking to the big building where his office is, hand-in-hand. I run around and then start skipping beside Mommy.
"So why am I coming to work with you, Mommy?"
"You're father and Shiro need to spend more time together and I thought that we need to spend more time together too." My mommy says as opens the door for me to head inside. "Now, we're gonna go up to the twelfth floor. You want to press the button once we get into the elevator?" He asks me with a smile. I nod happily as we finally make it to the elevator. It makes a ding sound after Mommy presses the button and then opens. I skip inside and look at all the buttons. Mommy gets inside and tells me that I can press the number twelve button.
I smirk and then press all the buttons. All the buttons light up and I clap happily as we start to move up. Mommy isn't too happy. He looks kind of annoyed as the door opens after we reach a floor. Each time the door opens I try to get out, but Mommy pushes me back to my place. I hang onto him and watch as the people on each floor look at us as the door opens.
Then, we finally get to the twelfth floor. Mommy checks in with the lady at the front desk and I look around trying to find a desk with a bowl of candy like the one at the barber's, but there's nothing one desk and a bunch of pictures on the wall. Mommy takes my hand after he checks in and opens the door to his office. I run over to his desk and take his name plate.
"Izaya Heiwajima." I read cutely. "What was your name before, Mommy?"
"What do you mean?" He asks me as he sits down in his chair that spins around.
"I mean, before you and Dad got married what was your last name?" I ask as I look at him.
"Ah, well my last name was Orihara." My mommy answers as he puts on his reading glasses. He looks kind of funny with them on. Daddy even thinks so, but he says he looks cute too.
"How come you had to change your name?"
"Well…um…when you love someone a lot and get married to them, you change your last name so everyone knows you're together." He starts typing on his computer, so I get curious and walk over to stand behind him. "Ah, son how about you go sit over there so you can let me work. You can even read one of the books on the shelves."
"I don't like to read…" I say as I whine. "Can I go back downstairs?"
"No, I don't want you running off. Stay on this floor." My mommy says as he continues working on whatever is on his computer. He doesn't look like he's paying much attention to me, so I sneakily walk closer to the door, taking small, baby steps until I finally reach it. I put my hand on the doorknob and slowly turn it. My mommy looks really busy though, so he doesn't seem to notice me slipping away through the door.
Once I'm outside, I crawl so I'm not seen by the lady at the front desk. I then head into the elevator once it dings and then opens. I clap happily and head down to floor eleven to see what's there. When the door of the elevator opens I see a bunch of people working at desks. I smirk and then walk around, trying to find something to do.
"Ah, but the report hasn't been filed yet, right?" I hear one of the workers say to another.
"No, I don't think so. The new guy is working on it. You know how slow that can be." I slip passed them and then look into an empty desk space. I walk in and sit at the chair that spins. I twirl around for a few minutes and then look at the computer. Mommy never lets me play on his computer. I smile and move the mouse around to wake up the computer before clicking on a bunch of the little symbols. A bunch of stuff starts popping up really slowly and then the computer makes a funny noise before it turns really bright blue. There's a bunch of words on the screen, but I don't know what it says, so I jump out of the chair and head off after taking some blank pieces of paper and a pen.
I walk off and try to find a good place to draw, but everyone's getting in the way. I push through the crowds and then see a lady pushing a cart around that has some papers and books. I smile and wait for her to stop the cart. She walks away from the cart and starts talking to this old guy, so I take this chance and then I start to push the cart away. I make it pick up some speed and then climb on it.
I can't tell what's happening as I ride past all these people, but I can tell everyone's getting bothered by it because I hear people screaming and then I see papers flying everywhere. I jump out of the runaway cart before it runs into this guy holding stack of papers and then run off to where the elevator was. Some workers notice what I had done and try to catch me, but I'm really quick. Daddy says I get it from Mommy.
I get into the elevator and before the door closes I stick my tongue out at the people trying to catch me. I laugh happily and then press the number ten button. After a while of just riding up and down the elevator, I finally make it to the bottom floor. I'm still carrying the paper and pen I found upstairs so when I finally find the candy I've been hunting, I have to set my stuff down.
The lady at the desk isn't really paying much attention and besides I'm too short to see, so I carefully take out a couple pieces and then eat them. I repeat this for a while, sneakily taking large amounts until the bowl is empty. I have no reason to be here anymore so I head to the elevator again and decide to check all of the floors this time.
"Hello little guy, are you lost?" One of the workers asks me as I get out of the elevator and onto floor five. The last four floors were boring. Here on this floor there's a bunch of people working. I love people.
"No, actually I was looking for the copy machine." I say kindly.
"Oh, well it's over here." The man leads me to the machine and shows me how to work it. "Did your mom or dad ask you to copy something?"
"Yeah, my mommy said to." I say happily. "I won't take long." I say as I draw something on my piece of paper with the pen I borrowed upstairs. I happily scribble down some words and then place it on top of the glass of the copier before hitting the big button. The man had already left to go work, so I'm copying alone, which makes me happy since I like to work alone.
After copying a lot, I take some of them and start handing them out. Everyone looks confused, which makes me smile. I like seeing their faces. After handing out the last few papers, I head upstairs to hand out the last paper to a very special person.
I sneak my way back into my mommy's office once I get onto the twelfth floor and then run over behind him. He didn't notice I was gone. He continues to type on his computer and then puts a hand on my head. I take this chance to hand him the paper. He looks from his computer, fixes his glasses, and then looks at my paper. He smiles and brings me closer to him.
"You're quite the artist." He tells me and then reads a message he just got on his computer. "Quite the little escape artist too." He says as he looks at me with his mad face on. "What were you doing downstairs?"
"Nothing…just playing…" Mommy gets up right after I say this and head outside to talk to the lady at the front desk. I don't think Mommy likes my kind of playing…but I hope he liked the picture I drew of him.
A/N: I love Kuro :3 He's a troublemaker kind of kid, which is fun :D (well not for Mommy Izaya). Anyway, we'll get to know the kids even more as the story progresses then I shall ask you which child you love more :D I know I'm horrible :) Anyway, please please review. It makes me motivated to continue.