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Chapter 5: Claustrophobia- Izaya Fluff Moment 2

I had fun writing this… to really unfitting music XD *is listening to 1985 by Bowling For Soup* really unfitting! 8D anyway~ Please Review because that'll let me know you guys like this!

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I sighed as I stuffed most of my homework into my bag. I looked at my desk, my History homework sitting there. "Ready to go Natsu-chan?" asked a familiar raven-haired teen.

I nodded, "Yep! Your house right?"

He nodded before moving to exit the room with my in tow. You're probably wondering why I'm going to his house right? Well our History teacher decided to give us a project where we get assigned partners, and my assigned partner was Izaya, which I will admit, I am happy about.

"So.. What's this project supposed to be about?" I asked, trying to make a good conversation.

Izaya shrugged in response. "Whatever we want I guess."

Before I knew it we were walking through a unfamiliar part of town. Then again… most of the town is unfamiliar to me. Even if it has been almost a month since I've been here. I turned back to Izaya, I opened my mouth to say something when a group of very large- and very scary- guys stepped out from the shadows in front of us. "Um.. H-Hello?" I said automatically.

Izaya took one light step in front of me, "Well hello there~!"

He was interrupted by the leader looking guy stepping forward, a look of pure fury on his face. "Well Orihara-kun," he spat, venom practically dripping from his sentence, "I heard from a certain someone that you made my little brother cry."

"Oh really? I would never ever make anyone cry." he said with a mocking look on his face.

The other guy glared. "Everyone knows about how you like messing with people. Now, you must pay for making my little brother cry."

They rushed at us, crazed furious looks plastered on their faces. Immediately Izaya grabbed my hand, pulling me away from them. I never knew the guy was so fast! Well… he's probably faster since you know, he's dragging me away from those guys. "This way!" he shouted, turning down a alleyway to our left.

"Can you explain why those guys are after you?" I yelled, a little too loudly.

"Hell, I don't even know his little brother." he laughed.

I attempted to laugh, but the burning in my lungs prevented me from doing so. I was so focused on breathing that I wasn't paying enough attention to my feet. My foot landed awkwardly on the next step, causing me to fall painfully onto the ground. I felt rocks dig into my palms, and my knees scraping the ground. I felt Izaya stumble backwards (most likely because of me.), maintaining his balance. How the hell does he keep his balance all the time? I wish I could do that! I attempted to get up when I felt a searing pain shoot through my left leg. I winced, "I think I twisted my ankle." I told Izaya.

A flash of worry appeared in his eye, quickly disappearing. "Damn." he cursed when we heard large footfalls get closer to us.

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"Guess I'll just have to fight." mumbled Izaya, whipping out his flick blade in one fluid motion.

A man with shoulder-length brown hair reach them first, a steel pipe in his large, gorilla hands. "You little bastard, you're going to pay!"

"How frightening!" taunted the crimson eyed teen, quickly striking the mans shoulder.

Scarlet blood seeped from the wound. A surprised look on the mans face as he looked at the wound, "Bastard!" he roared before striking the younger man with the pipe. Izaya moved to block, noticing a little too late that the man changed his direction slightly, the strike connecting with his wrist. He hissed in pain. 'Fuck.' he thought. At least his wrist wasn't broken. He shifted his balance, making him able to move faster. "Nice but no dice." he mocked before moving to strike.

He blinked in surprise as the man easily dodged. 'Dammit!.'

A larger, burly man -and to Izaya's amazement- appeared out of nowhere, grabbing the smaller mans wrist. "Little punk, you need to learn your lesson." he spat before applying bone crushing pressure to the thin wrist in his hold.

An audible crack resonated through the air before extreme pain shot through Izaya's arm. He wanted to scream. He knew he couldn't, not here. 'Got to escape.' he thought. Before he could react though the man with the now injured shoulder swung the pipe, smiling when his attack connected with Izaya's head. He jerked his chin toward the green eyed girl still on the floor, "Knock that bitch out."

The other men obeyed, hitting her on the back of the neck. The leader walked calmly down the alley, "Good work on catching that little bastard." he kicked the now unconscious crimson eyed teen in the stomach, getting a whimper of pain in response.

"Let's go."

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Pain.

That's all I felt when I started to come back to reality. Pain blossomed in my head, a small groan escaped my lips. "W-Where am I?" I muttered, the edges of my vision a little blurry as I looked about my surroundings.

Guess what? I'm in a dark, cramped room. I can't see a freaking thing! I stared at the wall, letting my eyes adjust to the darkness. My eyes looked around, finally settling on the small dark form not very far from me. It twitched slightly, "Izaya?" I squeaked, afraid of it being someone that'll murder me.

"N…atsu-ch…an?" his velvety voice responded, his words slightly slurred.

"Are you okay?" I asked worriedly.

"Where… are…we?" he replied, attempting to sit up.

I stayed quiet, not knowing what to say. I started to help him sit up, surprised at how light he was. After helping him I felt some wet, sticky substance on my hands. The coppery smell of blood hit my nose, "Izaya… you're bleeding?" I exclaimed.

Izaya blinked for a few seconds before touching the side of his head, "Probably… from those guys hitting me with a pipe." I heard a sharp intake of breath as he moved his right wrist.

"Is it broken?" Well duh, you heard that guy snap his bony wrist earlier!

"Y-Yeah…" he cradled his injured wrist to his chest.

"I'll look for a way out." I moved to the outline of the door.

The door felt wooden, old, and reinforced on the other side. I used my feet to push on it, praying that it'll open. It didn't even budge, "Izaya, I don't think we'll be able to get out of this place for a while." I cried.

"T-This place is k-kinda small…" he stuttered.

What the heck? "Are you alright?" I crawled over to his slumped form. "You were stuttering just now. You never stutter."

"O-O-Of c-course I'm f-fine."

I highly doubted that. "You know you can tell me." I said softly.

"I-I'm fine… I hope we don't run out of air or something…" he mumbled.

I gave him a incredulous look. "Are you… Claustrophobic?"

Izaya looked at me before turning away, probably embarrassed, "Maybe…"

"You don't have to be afraid to tell me, I'll tell you what I'm afraid of."

"And what's that?"

"Well… I'm deathly afraid of… roller coasters… and bees."

I heard sounds of short, wheezy breaths coming from the raven next to me. Uh oh… is he having a panic attack! PLEASE NO!

Don't you know what to do when someone is having a panic attack?

Uh no…

Since we don't really have anything else to use, comfort him.

WHAT? My cheeks blushed at the thought.

Do it before I give you a really horrible headache, AND before I make you start hallucinating.

Well geez…

I scooted closer to Izaya, my face already burning, and most likely beet red. I wrapped my arms around his slender frame, whispering reassuring words in his ear. "I'm here. We'll be perfectly-"

The door that was reinforced on the other side opened, revealing two men. "Well lookie here Kokusagumo! The two are getting all lovey dovey with each other!" he laughed.

Instinctively I gripped tighter to Izaya, hoping we'll somehow be able to get out of this situation. "Go away!" I yelled, my voice stern.

The guy, Kokusagumo, laughed before gripping my arm," What was that girly?" he pulled me to my feet, "Got something to say?"

I glared, my eyes snapping toward the other man who pulled Izaya to his feet. The man gave him a poisonous look before punching him in the stomach, "You so deserve this you bastard." he said bitterly before stomping on Izaya's already broken wrist.

Izaya screamed in pain.

Fear and anger ripped through me. One of my friends… is getting hurt right in front of me, and I can't do anything to stop it. I bit my lip, "Knock it off!" I yelled before kneeing the other guy behind me, grinning inwardly when I got a grunt of pain in response. "Kokusagumo!" yelled the leader before he hissed in pain when a knife went through his kneecap.

Maybe we can get out of here by ourselves!

I silently cheered to myself, completely oblivious to the three other guys that walked into the room. "Zenaku-sama!" they all yelled in unison.

Maybe not. "Zenaku? Kokusagumo? What ever happened to regular names?" I blurted.

The three guys behind me growled, "Little-" they were cut off by shadows slicing through their abdomens. I looked in shock as all three fell to the floor, one lone figure standing behind them. The figure looked like a motorcyclist. She looked at me before looking at Zenaku, who was still grinding the heel of his foot into Izaya's wrist. W-Who the h-hell are you?" he yelled, fear lacing his words.

The person said nothing, but Zenaku flew across the room as if he was pushed by something. He hit his head on the wall, knocking him out. The figure looked at me, taking out a PDA, [Are you alright?].

I nodded, not trusting me voice.

[Hurry, we must get out of here.] she typed before motioning to Izaya, who was still on the floor in pain.

I ran to his side, "We can make a makeshift cast with my jacket." I stated before wrapping my jacket around his badly injured arm, "Don't move it much. Can you stand?"

"Yes…" I helped him to his feet. I turned toward the black mysterious figure, "Thank you."

She nodded before holding up her PDA again, [Do you need a ride home?]

I though about accepting it, but in the end I declined.

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Izaya and I limped toward Shinra's house, "Natsu-chan?" he said weakly.

"Hm?"

"You won't tell anybody about this right?"

I smiled, "Of course not. Your secret is safe with me."

He smiled before his body went limp as soon as we reached Shinra's apartment. I set him down on the ground gently before knocking on the door. A very sleep, and slightly cranky brunette answered the door, "Natsuyo? Do you have any idea what time it is?"

I felt like a kid that's been caught by their parents when they're trying to sneak in the house after coming home late. "Please help Izaya!"

His eyes widened in bewilderment before looking at the crimson eyed teen on the ground next to me. He sighed, "Alright, let's get him inside." together we got him inside Shinra's house easily.

And there sat the person that helped us before.

Sitting on the couch. Watching TV. "Hey you're-" I couldn't even finish my sentence as every coherent thought vanished.

"You know Celty?" asked Shinra.

"Y-Yeah, she saved us back at the warehouse we were stuck at! Oh!" I finally remembered to do something, "Thank you for saving us!"

[Shinra is she a friend of yours?]

"Yup, from school. I didn't know you went around playing superhero earlier."

[Just shut up.] she faced her PDA at me, [Do you need help getting home?]

Knowing I was totally going to get lost, I nodded. "Please."

[I'll take her home while you help Izaya.] she typed before exiting the apartment.

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"Is this how we'll be getting to my house?" I asked when Celty showed me her Black Bike.

She nodded, [It's pretty late, we better hurry.]

"Right." I quickly got on the back of the bike after Celty got on.

The city passed by in a blur, the colors mending together. It actually looked pretty. "There!" I shouted over the wind.

Celty stopped in front of my house, letting me get off. [Don't tell anyone about this.]

"I promise I won't! Cross my heart and hope to die!" I said before quickly going inside.

As soon as my head hit the pillow I was out like a light.

I'm just so glad Izaya is okay… I'm kinda surprised that he told me one of his fears. What does that mean?

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Well the next chapter probably won't be until next weekend. Darnit. I actually can't wait to type the next one D:

Next chapter: Birthday Kiss Shizuo Fluff Moment

That'll be about Shizuo's birthday! Even though his birthday is in January!

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