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ஜ Chapter 2: *Crack* ஜ
-Shizuo´s point of view-
"Can you keep still for a second flea?" The struggling and swearing was seriously getting annoying by now. He was doing the stupid flea a favor for fucks sake!
"Why the hell am I supposed to keep still-?!" Izaya complained, not stopping to hit Shizuo´s back as he grit his teeth in annoyance, god damnit he didn´t even know why Shizu-chan wasn´t simply busting his face in. If he wanted to fight he could have very well done so back then at the park- so why the hell was he carrying him around now? "Let me go already!"
It just didn´t make sense.
The blond groaned, getting pretty fed up with the annoying louse over his shoulders.
"Can you please just shut up for once?" Tch as if-! But Izaya didn't intend to do that at all- he had just been spending this day outside, peaceful, not causing trouble- so what the heck?
He groaned, getting fed up with this entire situation.
"Can you please just let me go?" This wasn´t how this day was supposed to end. He would have just finished those snow figures. And then he would have went home. Namie was already gone, so he would have the apartment all to himself for the whole evening.
... maybe he would open a new bottle of wine. He kept one for special occasions. Also there was some Ootoro in the fridge. He kept that one form yesterday´s sushi delivery.
He would have just enjoyed the view he had from his apartment window and watched his humans being busy on this special day. Until they went home to their families that is.
...
With a sigh the raven propped up an elbow on the blond´s back, resting his chin on it as he got dragged along like some piece of luggage.
"Where are you even taking me?" he asked with a sigh, watching as more and more footprints decorated the snow behind them. Shizuo had taken an odd turn away from the park's entrance and just straight through the middle of the park.
It was still as quiet as before, he could see the light surrounding the park from all the shops and streets, illuminating the city that never slept so people could still run around busily on this peaceful day.
Izaya had a feeling that Shizu-chan was avoiding the streets on purpose.
Did he not want anyone to see how he finally caught him and beat him up?
"You will see flea, just stop struggling already, I´m not going to do anything violent." The raven snorted, trying to hold back his laughter at that kind of statement.
"That sounds extremely convincing coming from your mouth Shizu-chan," the raven teased, feeling the grip on him tighten just the slightest bit as it was the blond´s turn to groan now.
"You are seriously annoying flea, you know that?"
"Yeah? So are you." God damnit, he just wanted to be nice to the flea for once- but that stupid louse-!
"You-!" But Shizuo didn´t get to spell the words that were on his lips anymore as suddenly two things happened really fast- and unpredicted-
The blond felt his foot step on something hard, slippery, he knew he had stepped on ice, and the flea was shifting just a tiny little bit too far to the right to maintain balance-
The raven´s grip tightened on the back of his shirt when he suddenly felt the body beneath him crash to the ground, his own forehead smacking against the ground.
Izaya could feel the blond groan beneath him, causing his torso to vibrate just the slightest against his frame.
It was only when the flea pushed himself up from the ground, now being freed of the tight grip from the beast, that his eyes met Shizu-chan´s who was practically laying beneath him. "Oh no you are not getting away-" Almost instantly, before the raven could flee fast enough, the blond´s hand shot forward and grabbed the raven´s wrist once more.
"Oi, stay here flea-" Izaya wasn´t even thinking about doing as the blond said!
Due to having his wrist caught by the blond his other hand was used as support, his palm resting on the bitter cold snow.
A grin played along his lips when an idea came to his mind.
Shizuo didn´t even see it coming when there was suddenly snow flying right into his face.
"What the-" squeezing his eyes shut he tried to wipe off the cool, and cold ice that was slowly melting down his cheeks, robbing any warmth that they still contained in this cold weather.
"Ahahahah you should see the look on your face Shizu-chan!" the raven laughed, finding this situation to be more than just overly amusing.-
His heartfelt laughter didn´t remain for long however-
"You-!" Oh shit-
The grin on Shizuo´s face only spelled out one thing for the raven: He was doomed.
Trying to crawl away he turned away from the blond, but oh he had no chance-
Squeaking at the icy touch he felt the blond shove some snow into his hoodie, sliding down his neck in an awfully cold manner.
Goosebumps travelling all over his body he turned around, his fist having tightened around another load of snow as he threw it back at the blond.
Shizuo saw it coming though and before the snow could even reach him the flea felt himself being tugged down ward, and shoved face first right into a pile of snow.
Shuddering and shivering the raven struggled and snapped his head up, glaring at the brute.
"You are so dead-" he snarled, but the mischievous grin on Shizuo´s expression told him he wasn´t intimidated at all.
"Bring it on." There didn´t even need to be more words exchanged as the blond let go of the raven´s wrist and the flea instantly started rolling a snowball in his hands- same for the blond except he was doing a way larger one.
"Die-!" Soon the snow went flying left and right, Shizuo made huge snowballs that were simply big enough to hit any target- while Izaya definitely had the better aim, forming lots of tiny annoying snowballs that hit their destination every single fucking time when they landed straight in Shizuo´s face-
"Stop evading you shitty louse!" the blond screamed yet again, throwing one of his monstrous snowballs-
With ease the raven stepped aside, grasping his own portion of snow as he ran out of his field of vision. Before the blond could turn around the snowball was already hitting him in the back of his head and he swirled around, facing a grinning victorious flea.
"You-!" not relying on his throwing skills he dashed towards the flea, intending to just drop the damn thing right on his head.
The raven squeaked upon seeing the threat and turned on his heels.
Snow flew high as the raven dashed away from the scene- the brute already on his heels growling playfully.
Footsteps were left in the white snow, more and more, until-
"Woah-!" the raven gasped when the huge ball of frozen water met his head making him topple over right into the snow.
Shizuo laughed, already gathering a new load of snow as the raven shot a small one back, right into his face-
The protozoan wanted a snow fight?! Hell he would get one!
Grinning he skipped back on his heels, already having another load in his hands as he pressed the cold snow to a ball.
The blond shook his head, droplets of water and snow falling from the tips of his hair.
"You-!" the raven just laughed, skipping backwards as he scooped up some more ammunition.
"What´s wrong? Got hit-?" he purred- the blond thundered after him another ball of snow in his arms-
"Just you wait flea-!"
Until-
"For what~?"
*CRACK*
And all of a sudden time seemed to stand still. The raven felt his stomach drop when he realized just what it had been that had cracked-
Both of them were frozen in place as they glanced to their feet. They were merely a few meters apart and yet it seemed really damn far right now.
None of the two had realized the moment they had stepped onto a frozen pond- with the thick snow layer on top it just hadn´t been obvious enough, but now, with footsteps having wiped away the snow revealing the smooth and slippery surface Izaya could very well see the spider web like cracks spreading from underneath his feet.
"Izaya-" It had been Shizu-chan who had called his name, in a manner that seemed to be supposed to make him keep calm.
Even though Izaya felt like someone punched him in the guts he couldn´t help but muster his usual grin. It was just ice, thick ice, and a small crack. He couldn´t swim, but the ice wouldn´t break anyway, ne?
Smiling yet horrified the raven shrugged, smiling at Shizuo.
"Ah, it´s just a crack- it´s not like I´m too heavy, ne?" and with these words he moved one leg forward, in attempt to walk off the dangerous ice-
A bad idea. Almost instantly the spider webs multiplied sheer endlessly- Izaya froze immediately and the Shizuo moved as though he was ready to jump and grab him from so far.
"Izaya, don´t move-" he whispered, so silent it seemed as though he feared he might break the ice if he was too loud. Droplets of melted snow dripped down from his hair as he locked eyes with the ice bellow Izaya´s feet.
"Shouldn´t have gotten that Ootoro today I guess-" Izaya commented, he couldn´t help but smirk even more, he didn't know why he was smiling at this when it was obviously fear he was feeling. The water was ice cold and deep and he couldn't even swim- not even mentioning with his clothes on-
And yet he just found himself grinning really wide, his brows furrowing into a deep frown. What an odd paradox.
"Just stay still for a second, okay?" it was Shizuo who had spoken the words- unlike Izaya there were no cracks beneath his feet and so he carefully took a step forward. First it was just one, then two.
The raven just kept standing there as frozen- not moving an inch, there was just this forced smile on his lips while his eyes seemed afraid.
There was little space between them anymore, just two meters, if the flea reached out for him he might be able to reach him-
"Izaya-" but Shizuo didn't get to voice his thoughts when-
*CRACK* -there was suddenly another crack. Louder, faster-
Before the blond knew it ice cold water had enveloped his whole body catching him by surprise-
All air was pressed out of his lungs at the sudden disability of breathing and the cold water filling his nose. Having squeezed his eyes shut he only saw darkness until he lunged forward, using his hands to swim up to the surface-
Coughing and wheezing he breathed in the cold air, feeling as though someone was piercing his lungs with needles at the icy feeling.
Opening his eyes he snapped his head around, his hands gripping tightly on the edge of the ice that surrounded the water.
It was then that his eyes widened and he let go of the ice again immediately-
Izaya wasn´t there-!
Dunking into the black ice cold water he turned and twisted and aimlessly let his arms reach for the darkness.
Panic was starting to fill his mind, he wouldn´t be able to make out Izaya like this. He couldn´t see him couldn´t smell him couldn´t feel him- just where?!
Izaya was no better- he struggled, he moved his arms, he moved his legs. He tried everything he could think of, trying to somehow make his way up , but his clothes were so heavy. Dragging him down, the coldness making his limbs grow numb and painful-
He couldn´t breathe- he couldn´t see he just felt himself sinking, sinking further- he couldn't get up. Panic was starting to fill his mind. He didn't want to drown- He didnt want to drown in this pond!
He felt like crying, doing his best to get up, it was useless-
Merely seconds had passed since they broke in, when the blond took in another breath of air and dunked into the water once more- why didn´t Izaya surface yet?! Horrified he realized he might not be able to find Izaya in time-
Izaya might drown before he reached him-
It was at that exact moment of pure panic that he grasped something with his fingers that didn´t seem like ice or water- without even thinking twice he grabbed hard onto the fabric he felt and swam up to the surface.
The raven was on the verge of passing out when he felt something yank him up. Clinging onto the last bit of consciousness he had he felt himself being dragged up-
Violent coughs wracked the raven´s body when they came to the surface- he tried to breath but there was just so much water still in his lungs- he felt like he was suffocating even though he was already out of the water.
The ice beneath his palm was cutting into his already raw skin as he was pushed away from the broken spot.
Wheezing the blond glanced over to the flea, he heard the coughing, panting-
He would have never thought seeing the flea move would give him this sense of relief.
"You ok-kay?" he asked, feeling his own lips to be heavy and numb as he tried to move them.
"Y-yeah," the raven stuttered, his lips blue and trembling- Shizuo wasn´t any better as he nodded relieved. "T-this is all y-your f-fault!" the raven complained but his words were interrupted by coughs and wheezes making him seem just so much more pathetic Shizuo couldn´t even bring himself to get mad at him.
"Come on flea," he mumbled instead, pulling at the flea´s arm. Almost glaring at him the raven got up from the ice, his knees nearly buckled and made him slip on the ice, but the tight on grip on his upper arm made it about impossible to fall down.
Not even wasting a witty comment the two walked off the ice, back to the safe land. Their clothes were sticking to their skin coldness stabbing them like needles all over their body with each step they took. It didn´t help that the fine snow was sticking to them like glue while walking.
Izaya didn´t even bother to waste a breath on another sentence as the blond just took charge, walking with him to what seemed like the direction of his place.
Darkness was enveloping them on their way as less and less lights illuminated their path. Izaya was still trembling like a leaf, already cursing this entire situation since he was going to get sick for sure because of this.
Clinking the keys collided with the door lock before the blond opened the door to what seemed to be his apartment. Izaya couldn´t even care less where he was as long as it was warm inside- pushing his way past the blond he stepped into the warm haven. He felt as though his ear tips, cheeks and hands were going to burn from how hot his surrounding suddenly felt.
"You should go first" the blond suddenly said, making the raven raise a brow in confusion.
"Shower." Shizuo said, pointing to a door on the right. "You are so skinny you might as well freeze to death till I´m done." The raven snorted, not able to deny the words.
"G-good point," he uttered between clattering teeth. For the first time Izaya actually couldn't wait to get out of his beloved coat. Soaked to the bone he made his way over to the bathroom while Shizuo just let himself slump on the couch.
Sneezing he pulled the blanket over him- that flea- he could have just gone home with Kasuka and celebrated Christmas, but no, he sent them away and went for Izaya instead.
Another sneeze wracked his body and he shivered.
This was all the flea´s fault!
Catching the familiar sound of water falling in the shower he got up from the couch. His apartment maybe wasn´t the fanciest or biggest out here, but he did have something the flea hadn´t.
A small fire place~
Smiling content he sat down in front of the warming flame, stretching out his hands to warm up at least a bit till the slow flea decided to get out of there again.
... it sure was odd. Usually he would be kicking his ass but today he was tolerating him. Nah not even that, he actually enjoyed that snowball fight they had before.
...it was... fun.
He hadn´t done something so childish in a while. The flea was always doing stupid things that made him seem like a brat, but he couldn´t deny having liked their game.
The bathroom door´s squeaking made the blond snap out of his thoughts as he turned his head towards the source of the noise.
The flea was so fast he barely even saw the as he moved over and simply sat down on the couch in front of the fireplace. A towel was wrapped around him and he instantly pulled a blanket that was always resting on top of the piece of furniture over him.
"Move over, the shower is free," he mumbled from beneath the blanket, his face covered up to his nose with it. Shizuo had to chuckle at the sight, he reminded him of a lost puppy.
The glare that was sent towards him immediately made him contain his laughter though as he made his way to the shower.
Izaya huffed and buried himself more in the fluffy blanket. That stupid brute, if he hadn´t popped up out of nowhere today all of this wouldn´t have happened.
He wouldn´t be freezing, and probably getting sick alter on- he would just be home eating delicious Ootoro and enjoy the night with some Christmas movie. Maybe he would sulk about how every movie seemed to be about love or family or whatever, but hey, who was he to complain?
Feeling the warmth of the fire softly but surely spread through the blanket he sighed content, nuzzling into the fabric with his nose.
Yeah, he could have been home right now- instead he was sitting in Shizu-chan´s apartment, naked if he may add in nothing but a towel and a blanket around him to warm him up again after almost drowning.
... this year´s Christmas was quite unique now wasn´t it? He surely would remember it for years.
As if on cue said brute came back out of the shower. Wearing nothing but some pants and a towel on his head to dry his hair he approached the couch.
Letting his eyes trail up and down the man´s body Izaya found himself admitting that he had a pretty decent body for a monster.
"So, about clothes-" hah, so Shizu-chan had actually realized.
"Fuck clothes I'm just gonna stay here wrapped up like this." Izaya stated, not intending to even move a centimeter from this warm cozy spot.
Feeling the couch shift slightly towards the blond sat down on the piece of furniture.
"You look like a giant worm," he commented, making the raven huff just a little bit.
"As long as I´m warm I don´t care being a caterpillar."
...
Huh, for a second Shizuo almost found himself thinking the flea was cute moping around like this. Shifting over the grabbed the hem of the blanket that was wrapped around Izaya.
"Oi don´t be so greedy give me a part of the blanket too." He had been in that ice water too- it was only fair if they shared, the flea didn´t seem to think so at all though. The glance he sent him seemed so disbelieving he was wondering himself for a second if he did something wrong-
"Monsters don´t need blankets, go die." Izaya stated, dead serious- what the hell, Shizuo wasn´t going t take any of that bullshit, squeaking the flea grabbed the blanket tight, trying to keep it for himself, but Shizuo just tugged at it twice and et voilá~ There they were sharing the cozy warmth.
"Stupid flea can´t even share properly," Shizuo mumbled under his breath making the flea pout.
"Don´t talk about me as I´m not there." He didn´t like being ignored, nor being bossed around. That he was at the blond´s house and under his roof was a fact he liked to simply disregard.
"Sure, sure," the blond mumbled, sneezing once more as he shuddered. That shower had been not as useful as he thought it would be. Even more so considering a certain flea had almost taken up all of the warm water-
He should be complaining to the flea about that, then again... nah, he didn´t want to point that out now.
"Didn´t know you had a fire place," Izaya mumbled, from underneath the cover.
"Well, now you do." Shizuo shrugged, feeling the rough towel around izaya brush across his arm. Ah- come to think of it, he had wondered before why he came out with a towel-
He didn't have any clothes over here.
And Shizuo doubted anything he owned would actually fit the skinny louse.
"I could borrow you some clothes you know?" he threw in, it must be quite uncomfortable to sit around like this.
"Contaminated with your stupidity germs?" the raven laughed, raising an eyebrows at the blond-
That flea! "Rather not, thank you, who knows how they will affect me~"
"Hmph, then freeze to death, see if I care." The raven chuckled, knowing full well he was aggravating Shizu-chan´s nerves- but hey, how often did he get the opportunity to do so without finding a vending machine flying his way?
"You are awfully concerned considering we are talking about me here," he pointed out, referring to basically everything this evening. The shower, letting him warm himself up here, not beating the shit out of him in general... pulling him out of that black water.
"Nah, just can´t throw you out at Christmas." Shizuo mumbled, the raven was still kinda stuck on the topic, however. It was so weird... for Shizu-chan to behave like that.
"I don´t get why you pulled me out of there in the first place." He announced, a shiver travelling down his spine as he remembered the coldness and darkness surrounding him.
There were not many things that Orihara Izaya was actually afraid of. One of them were dogs and their annoying barking- frozen ponds were now challenging this number one fear.
"How could I not. Stupid flea."
...
Hah, so nice. The raven found himself smiling a bit.
True, Shizu-chan wasn´t the type of person to just let someone drown, not even him.
"Why did you drag me away from the park in the first place though?" he asked, twisting his head a bit so he slipped out of the blanket and glanced at the blond.
... Out of the park hm? That was a question Shizuo would have liked to have answered for himself.
"Dunno. You just looked pretty lonely talking to your snow figures." The sight of the flea being all alone like that, it was just too sad.
Izaya hummed, looking back at the fire again. The wood inside the flames was cracking and falling apart, making dozens of tiny fire sparks fly into the air, only to dissipate as quick as they appeared.
A sudden towel on top of his head made the raven lose sight of the mesmerizing picture and frown instead.
"And I was afraid you might turn crazy if I left you there so-" Huffing the hand that ruffled across his head left his hair and he felt the blond get up as the couch shifted.
"Well thanks brute."
...
Honestly speaking though it was a rather embarrassing thought to know that Shizu-chan had watched him during his little make belief session.
What did he even see? When he built them?
When he started celebrating his Christmas with them? Or maybe... when he built Shizu-chan...? A soft blush spread across his cheeks as he thought of that option. He had looked around just to be completely sure no one saw him- but what if the brute had already been there?
It sure would explain why he felt the need to so nice to him today.
Embarrassing...
Seeing something white and familiar enter his field of vision he glanced up.
The blond was holding out a cup towards him while sitting down on the couch again.
"There, it´s gonna warm you up." Smelling the not familiar scent of chocolate the raven frowned a bit, almost like a cat that disliked what it got. This was hot chocolate for sure.
"Urgh- I don´t like sweet things, don´t you have coffee?" he complained, but Shizuo didn´t seem to be impressed by that at all and still held out that cup.
"Actually I don´t. I hate the taste of it, so either you take this or you won´t get anything else." Izaya groaned softly and eyed the cup as if it were a threat.
"You really are a child. A monster child. With a sweet tooth," he mumbled upon slithering one arm out of his cocoon to take the hot cup.
"If you don´t want it, then leave it," Shizuo sighed, but Izaya took a sip of it anyway. He cringed a bit at the sweet taste, but he did notice Shizuo didn´t use as much cocoa power as there was supposed to be in a cup of hot chocolate. "I´m too cold to be peculiar about taste," he informed, taking a few more sips before placing the cup on a small table in front of the couch.
"I´m so going to get sick, this sucks."
Shizuo wasn´t even going to say anything to that and just looked into the fire. The sweet cocoa was almost like heaven to his taste buds.
"Thanks." Blinking the blond paused, "For pulling me out of there I mean," Izaya continued right away, to not cause any misunderstanding. "Didn´t really think you would go that far." Well that was a bit of a lie, somewhere deep down he was hoping for Shizu-chan to come for him, he didn´t really think he actually would though.
"As if I would let you die like that," Shizuo responded, putting down the cup of hot cocoa as well.
"Because it´s Christmas?" Izaya asked, quirking an eyebrow. He already figured that kind of thing, it really suited the blond. And yet-
"... not really." Blinking the raven looked at the blond.
...
Heh... unfair.
The raven smiled softly, hiding his expression in the blanket. He was feeling all warm.
"Dawww Shizu-chan likes me~!" he announced chuckling, a mischievous grin on his lips as he let himself tilt against the blond.
"What the- Get off me flea," the blond complained upon feeling the flea nuzzle into him like some damn cat.
"I´m bored now, Shizu-chan, you better entertain me~!" He really wanted to know something, Izaya that is.
"Entertain? The hell do you think I am?" And fooling around like this while he got the chance seemed to be the perfect excuse.
"Ah I know what we can do~!" Izaya announced, clapping his hands together with a broad smile on his face.
"... we?"
"Let´s play a game Shizu-chan~!"
It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've brought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow~
To be continued Christmas 2017~ C:
xDDDDDD Sowy for being a tad late with this one C': Christmas somehow ended up coming faster than expected x'DDD
But hey, by now you should know which part will be coming next year C; xD remember? : And we finally ki... C: C: C: C: C: C:
Potato: xDDD ahaha it does x'D Sorry for ebing a tad late xD' then again considering i was like 2 months late last time i guess I´m actually pretty early this time x'DDD
Random reader: daww yeah xD poor little izzy C':
Blackfallstar9: dawww thank you 3 daww of course Shizuo has to save the flea from being all alone on christmas~! Cx aw gosh thank you ;/; xD i really like this childish side of him actually x'D like how he pretended to be riding a motorcycle next to celty x'DD ahahah, well well xD For the M rated part maybe it will follow next year~? C;
Reader: xxDDDD ahahahah I know xD I´m one evil bitch x'DDD xD But you see, Instead of writing a new christmas story ever year I think it´s nicer to do a continuing fluffy story C: xD
Guest 2: xDD ahahah I know x'D dawww yeah C: Now now, I dunno if anyone noticed, but in the time Shizuo did not see Izaya... well... C: the flea did something rather embarrassingly cute C: C: C: C: xDDD
Unknown: xDD ahaha gomenasai xDD
Axel: daww thank yo aw gosh you make me blush xD I hope you liked the continuation hehe C: xD
Well then, with that being said, see you in a year~! xDDD