[Same time in Ikebukuro]
The evening was already there and Tom really started to worry. Shizuo was nowhere to be found, he wasn't the kind to escape work like that. He wasn't home and he definitely wasn't in Ikebukuro, if he was Tom would know were to find him, the whole city would have known where to find him. Tom sighed as he thought that definitely his kouhai wasn't the least discreet.
He was about to give up and go home for the day but he had to pass by Russia Sushi on his way, Simon was outside, trying to get people to come and eat in the restaurant, as usual, and so Tom thought that maybe he would know where the hell Shizuo disappeared. As he walked closer he was greeted by Simon's usual "Hello Tom! Eat sushi today?"
Despite being in Japan for a long time already Simon really had a hard time learning Japanese, no wonder a lot of people were too scared by him to come and eat at Russia Sushi.
"No, not today Simon thanks, would you happen to have seen Shizuo today? He didn't come to work and he's not home either"
"No have seen Shizuo, maybe has he new girlfriend and with her somewhere?"
"I'm afraid it's not possible Simon, I think he would have at least told me he wouldn't be there today, well nevermind, it's Shizuo he can take good care of himself. Wouldn't be sure about others though. See you Simon" and the debt collector walked home, turning his back to a smiling Simon waving goodbye at him.
At the same moment it was also time for another legendary being of Ikebukuro to go home. Celty, the courier, also known as the Headless Rider, was opening the door of her appartment, expecting to see the man she lives with for 20 years, Kishitani Shinra, welcoming her with open arms, with one of his silly remark which would make her blush, if she could actually blush.
But tonight the appartment was empty, there was no noise to greet her as she went home after a long day of work. She wasn't worried though, Shinra worked as an underground doctor after all and so he could be called to treat an injury as anytime of the day or the night. No she definitely wasn't worried the slightest, Shinra must be working somewhere and it was so urgent that he couldn't take the time to leave her a note. That was definitely how it happened.
She logged in to her usual chatroom and checked around the internet, waiting for something to happen. The chatroom was empty.
She decided to spend the rest of the evening watching TV, waiting for her beloved roommate to go home. At midnight she decided to go sleep. Somehow, this night she didn't sleep well.
Something was off in Ikebukuro during the day, definitely. It was, too quiet. Definitely too quiet.