At first Akabayashi had come out of curiosity.
One day Akane-chan came to him and told the story of her meeting with Heiwajima Shizuo.
He found it hard to believe at first. The only thought of the fearsome debt collector speaking gently to a little girl made him laugh. So did the thought that Akane tried to kill him.
When she told him he patted his hairs sweetly and suggested that maybe she should try to stay away from him.
She obviously didn't listen to a word he said.
In front of the cake shop he sighed.
Still it was understandable, from what he had heard Heiwajima Shizuo was not one to care for anything much, and he didn't care for status either. For a girl like Akane it matters a lot.
Akabayashi still smiled while looking at them.
When he decided to come he intended to only make sure of Akane's safety, though he had to admit he also wanted to see how would his companion act toward her, he entirely intended to stay hidden and not show himself, except if she was in danger.
Mainly, if a certain Orihara Izaya was kicking in the scene, this would never fail to anger Shizuo and when he was angry he was totally capable of destroying half of the city, totally forgetting his surroundings and only focused on killing the informant.
Akabayashi didn't want his precious little Akane-chan to be caught in the turmoil which would definitely happen if that was the case.
That was why he came. Out of curiosity and concern but determined to stay in the shadows not to spoil the little girl's fun.
Now was entirely different, he was curious before, but now it was worse.
He wanted to come and sit with them and he wanted to know what they were talking about.
One day, his curiosity would kill him.
The red haired man walked in the shop toward the couple.
When he arrived at the table, Shizuo shoot an angry glare at him, if he hadn't better nerves he would have ran away as quick as he could.
Akane curiously turned her head back and her smile brightenned, as she was about to speak she was cut by Shizuo
"Who are you?"
Akabayashi widely smirked and sat at the table without answering.