Chapter 7 – Come Back To Me

BYR:

Hey so here's the last chapter. Sorry~ I wanted to make it longer, buuuut im running out of ideas soo yeah... well im currently working on like 5 different stories so be on the look out for those~ Have a nice week and i hope ur Easter was fun :)

"Izaya… Dammit…"

When the brunet literally sprinted away from him, the blonde didn't even bother to chase after him. There was no point; the informant wouldn't have stopped anyways. Sighing, Shizuo turned around and went home. He knew that Izaya wouldn't ever want to talk to him again, much less look at him. (Maybe I should've just kept it a secret, then at least I could see and talk to him… Now, well, I have no idea what to do! He won't let me talk to him! Damn flea…Just have to be annoying as hell don't you?) Strolling through the afternoon, Shizuo decided half way home that he would instead walk around the city. He didn't really feel like moping inside his apartment on a beautiful day like this. And who knows, maybe he could think of something while he was out getting some fresh air.

"Dammit, dammit, dammit! What the hell was that? Arrrggg! I hate this! I hate this so freakin much! How the hell as I suppose to talk to him if I can't even stand being in the same place without running away? Shit… What now?"

Izaya was on top of the roof on a tall skyscraper. He didn't even notice he was up this high until he had truly calmed down from his panic attack. If he had known that the monster wasn't even chasing him earlier, he wouldn't have wasted so much energy all at once. Now he was left tired and confused. Looking down at his humans, he smiled at this feeling he had; like he was a God looking over his pawns. He felt like he had control and power over them all. This feeling was what he was used to, not confusion. But he wasn't really confused; Izaya knew what he was feeling. He was experiencing love all over again. Love, for that monster. That monster that never hated him; that monster that actually confessed his love; that monster…that he had loved so much in the past that it killed him when he thought he would never receive that love back. So he buried it, deep in his heart. But now, it was being un-graved by that very person who had buried it in the first place.

"Shizuo…"

(I love you… I do… but how can I just come out and say it? It can't be that easy, love isn't an easy thing! But of course you would know that… You've kept it hidden from everyone, just like me… We're so much alike….) Wondering how he should confront the blonde about this, the informant walked back downstairs and headed to the one place he knew he would find Shizuo.

"Man… I hate this…"

The blonde was sitting on the white sandy beach just outside the city limits. Skipping rocks across the water, he gazed at the sunset that was starting to paint the sky. All around him, everything seemed peaceful. He could understand now why Izaya choose this place to come and think. But after what happened between them here, he doubted the brunet would ever come back here. One of the reasons why he came her himself; part of him hoped that the informant would be at the beach, the other part wanted the place to be deserted. And deserted it was. A sign of relief and disappointment was seen in his eyes as he sat down on the warm sand. He'd been there for god knows how long now and he didn't really feel like moving at all. Skipping another rock across the water, the blonde was so out of it that he didn't even hear someone approach him from behind.

(Ok, so he doesn't sense my presence… that's good. I don't even know what I plan to say yet! Actually, I didn't know for sure that he was even going to be here! It was a random guess! It's like I'm drawn towards him or something… Geez, what now? Ok calm down, panicking won't help. I guess I should let him know I'm here…) Finishing his little pep talk inside his mind, Izaya took a deep breath and cleared his throat to acknowledge the blonde he was there. A bit startle when he heard a noise, Shizuo slowly turned around and was surprised at who he saw.

"I-Izaya?"

"Hi…"

"Hey…"

Both males stayed where they were, neither of them knew what to say to the other. The brunet's face was a light shade of pink as he looked at the sand under him. He had his hands behind his back, raveling them within each other from all the nervousness coming from his body. The blonde saw how nervous the informant was a decided to act before Izaya planned to run away again.

"Ummm, why don't you sit down?"

Nodding at the ex-bartender, Izaya went to sit adjacent to the blonde and brought his knees up to his face. He still wasn't sure what he was going to say to Shizuo; he was too embarrassed to even look at him. Looking out at the horizon, the brunet focused on the waves that pushed and pulled against the large body of water. It was kinda how he was feeling inside; his heart was pushing itself to say something, to express itself to the person he loved, but at the same time it was pulling him back, trying to reason with him that he should just keep it hidden. Some secrets are meant to be kept quiet after all, but was this one of them? He wasn't entirely sure himself. Letting out a loud sigh, Izaya grabbed a handful of sand and let them flow out from in between his fingers. As he went to grab another handful, his fingers slightly touched thee blonde's hand that was laying there and he jerked away.

"S-sorry…"

"It's fine…"

Izaya's face was now bright red as he mentally cussed himself for acting like that. Seeing how the brunet was feeling uncomfortable, Shizuo moved his hand over the informant's and held it. The flustered male looked down at their intertwined hands and felt his heart skip a beat. Gathering up the courage, he looked up into those chocolate colored eyes.

"Izaya…"

"Y_yes…?"

"Do you hate me?"

"I… N-no…"

"So do you like me?"

Biting his bottom lip, Izaya felt as if his whole world was spinning out of place. His heart was beating so fast he felt like he was going to have a heart attack. Still, he had to let the blonde know how he felt. This was his chance and he had to take it. Looking back at the sand, he confessed his feelings.

"Yes… I- I like you…"

"…."

Shizuo was speechless. In all honesty, he was expecting the brunet to deny everything, but he actually confessed.

"I'm sorry…"

"Huh?"

"I'm sorry, about what I said the other day…about hating you… I was just…so confused. No one ever said they loved me before. I got scared and… I hurt you… I didn't want to be the one that would get hurt, so I inflicted the pain towards you…"

"Izaya…"

"I've seen so many people do stupid things because the person they loved broke up with them and chose another. I didn't want to be a victim of something so devastating like that… So I chose not to love any one person. I claimed I loved all human beings, but the truth is…"

A teardrop fell on the sandy beach as Izaya looked back at Shizuo's face with a kind smile on his face.

"I only loved you… I won't ever love someone as much as I love you Shizu-chan…"

"Izaya!"

Jumping into the blonde's arm, the informant let his tears flow out his body. For so many years he had kept the pain built inside; now able to finally let them out, he felt free from his prison. Hugging the small male, Shizuo knew that the tears where because of him. He was the one who was inflicting pain on the brunet because he didn't return the love that was presented to him long ago. But now, he had the chance to set things right, starting with Izaya.

"I'm the one who should be sorry. I didn't know, I was blind in high school. I didn't see that you loved me, so I didn't let you know that I loved you. You were scared that a person would lose their love for you; I was afraid that I would never receive the love back. We were running around in circles with each other. Bu now I finally caught up with you. Now I can tell you how I feel without the fear. I love you Izaya. You are the only person that can handle all my flaws; the only one who can love a monster like me… You are my one and only love."

"Really…?"

"Yes. Really."

"But…can you handle my flaws? I have so many of them, how can you still fall for a person like me?"

Loosening their hug, Shizuo placed a hand on the brunet's face and looked into the teary eyes.

"Because we are so alike. People saw that opposites attract each other. I saw to hell with that. The only person who I'm attracted to is you. So don't worry about your flaws, because I love every single little thing about you, kay?"

"Kay…"

The day they met years ago was not a coincidence, because in life "There are no coincidences, only inevitability." They were destined to meet, to fall in love, to fix each other flaws and to be together. Their lives were laid out and nothing could change that. But there were some things that not even the Gods saw, like how Shizuo had forgotten Izaya and how the informant almost drowned a second time. Because in life, nothing is set in stone, not even the Gods have the power to do that. All they can do is try to lead you down the path to happiness and wish for the best. And though they both strayed off that path multiple times, Shizuo and Izaya were able to find each other at the end of the road and started a new life together. Because that's how their lives were meant to end. Together…

"Iza-kun! Read it again please!"

"Hahaha, but its way past your bed time Tsugaru. I'll read it again tomorrow."

"Aww…no fair."

"Come on. Don't be like that. Shizu-chan won't be happy if you pout."

"Ok ok, I'll go to sleep…"

"Night Tsu~"

Kissing the little blonde headed boy on the cheek, Izaya tucked him in and left the room. Closing the door, he walked into his bedroom and was greeted by Shizuo.

"Is he asleep?"

"Yeah, finally!"

"Hahaha, what story did he make you read this time?"

"The same one like every night. The one about us."

"You shouldn't have written it. Now you're stuck reading it until he could read it on his own, and you know that's the only book he'll read."

"Well I can't help it if my life was so interesting~"

"Our life, it's not all about you."

"Might as well be~"

"Shut up flea."

"Aww, I haven't heard that in a while~ I kinda missed it."

"Shut up…"

"Neh, Shizu-chan~"

"What?"

Climbing into bed with the blonde, Izaya snuggled close to him as he listened to the larger male's steady heartbeat.

"Do you like Tsugaru?"

"Yeah, he's a nice kid. Why?"

"Wanna adopt him?"

"You serious?"

"Yeah, I mean, we found him on the streets abandoned by his parents, and have kept him around for about a month now. Let's make him a part of our family. What do you think? Would you like to have a son?"

"…..Yeah…that'll be nice…."

"Since we can't have one our self, let's adopt Tsugaru. He kinda looks a lot like you, with the blonde hair."

"And he has your eyes."

"Really?"

"Yeah…might as well be our kid hahaha!"

"Haha, yeah…might as well be."

"Let's keep him then. We'll go to child services tomorrow and make it official."

"Yay~ We'll finally be a family~"

"Yeah, a family… And we can add a new chapter to that book of yours."

"A new chapter in our life… What should we title it?"

"How about, 'Shut up and go to sleep and we'll think about it tomorrow.'"

"Hahaha, ok ok. I get it; you're tired. *sigh* good night Shizu-chan."

"Night Izaya…"

They fell asleep in each other's arm as they thought about the family they'll be raising soon. Just the three of them, together, doing things other families do. The thought of that made Shizuo smile as he looked at the sleeping brunet. He couldn't believe that I was only about a year ago where they "hated" each other and then found out the truth. But the informant still kept running; he ran and ran until he couldn't run anymore. He realized that he shouldn't run away from the one thing that completed him, so he turned back around and came back to Shizuo. All that running and hiding just lead him back to the blonde. Kissing the top of Izaya's head, the blonde closed his eyes and fell asleep in his lovers arm, not ever wanting to let him go.

"Thank you for coming back to me…."

A/N:

Yeah so i had to end it like this idk why lol but now Shizu-chan and Izaya will live happily now that they'll start a family! Isnt that Cute~? lol well im being drowned with college stuff so ill hopefully see you guys soon with a new story! Stay in touch~