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"Oh Shizu-chan what an unpleasant surprise!" Izaya teased. The man was visibly smirking, but he was a little pissed that Shizu-chan had interrupted his play time with the kiddies and Nata-chan, but of course he wouldn't show it. Shizuo made a 'tch' noise and the cigarette in his fingers snapped in half. He dropped in unceremoniously onto the ground and crushed it with his shoe. I could see the tell tale sign of Shizuo's anger in the vein practically popping out of his skull.
"I thought I told you to stay out of 'bukuro you flea!" Shizuo spat. Tom Tanaka shook his head and took a couple steps away as Shizu-kun ripped a street sign out of the ground. Before I could try to calm my old friend, Izaya slyly slapped his hand over my mouth and turned me around to be his human shield. I vaguely made note of the trio backing away from us like the rest of the population was doing at this moment. Izaya used to always use me as a shield because he knows that Shizuo and I are good friends, and every time it makes me want to punch that smug informant right in his face.
"Awwww but I was just visiting my Nata-chan! She's been gone for so long I just wanted to see her!" Izaya was bating him, Shizuo hates when Izaya claims me as 'his'. Shizuo narrowed his eyes dangerously.
"She. Isn't. Yours!" He said through ground teeth. He gave a yell and completely lost control. Shizuo charged us swinging the sign and with the force of his brute strength I was sure that he could kill us. Shizuo jumped into the air and reeled back the sign like a baseball bat. Several people in the crowd screamed in fear, and I think a scream came out of my mouth as well. I don't believe I have ever actually been afraid of Shizu-kun like I was in that moment. For a second I actually believed I was going to die.
Then suddenly I felt a sharp jerk and realized that Izaya had swiftly pulled both of us out of the way. I almost laughed at myself for getting everything backwards. I shouldn't be afraid of Shizuo, he was trying to save me from Izaya, while Izaya was the one using me to agitate my friend and use me as a human shield. My blood boiled when I remembered this.
When Izaya had gotten us about twenty feet down the street away from Shizuo I bit down hard on his hand that was still over my mouth until I could taste that warm iron liquid. I laughed inwardly as I thought I always assumed that Izaya was cold blooded, who knew. The crimson eyed man snatched his hand away quickly, a look of surprise passing over his features briefly I smirked at being about to surprise him for once.
Using the opportunity of him letting me go I dashed away from him and ran towards Tom who was patiently waiting off towards the side for the fight to end. Tom seemed like he was experienced with this kind of situations and knew how to stay out of the way and keep safe. I was a little rusty being as I haven't been in town in a while.
Izaya and Shizuo went at it for a few minutes, it looked almost like a well rehearsed ballet. Shizuo would charge and swing at Izaya with strong power and the smirking broker would counter with swift and agile movements and flit out of the way. I could tell Izaya was becoming annoyed and bored with this fight because his brows were furrowing in slight anxiety. Izaya is the only person I know who can feel both annoyance and boredom at the same time. So he maneuvered his way around Shizuo and to my disdain towards Tom and me.
I was already trying to shrink back into the crowd to avoid him but he was quicker than I and caught my arm. He spun me into his arms like they do in old romantic movies and dipped me down as if we were dancing. I scowled at him and attempted smack him but he caught my hand before I could make contact. It just wasn't my day. Izaya's grin grew till it stretched across his entire face.
"Izaya what are you-" I wasn't allowed to finished my sentence before that arrogant jerk's lips crashed onto mine. A small squeak of surprise popped out of my mouth when I felt Izaya traced my bottom lip with his tongue. A shiver traveled down my spine and I had a hard time telling if it was from disgust or pleasure. For sure my eyes were as wide as saucers and I could feel my cheeks heating up. He was only do it to get a rise out of Shizuo, the crowd, and myself, I knew that, but the action still caused my heart to pick up pace. I placed my hands on his chest and gave a shove to pull away from him. He gave a chuckle knowing what I was trying to do and promptly released his hold, dropping me onto the ground. I awkwardly tumbled to the ground and sat there a little put out.
"Tsk, tsk I don't have time to be fooling around naughty Nata-chan!" Izaya joked and laughed when he saw that Shizuo looked as if he could explode. The red eyed man leaned near Tom and cupped his hand around his mouth like he was telling a secret.
"She can't get enough of me!" He whispered giddily, while Tom just grunted. That was when I jumped off the ground and angrily took a wild shot at Izaya's face, but being Izaya he simply side stepped, grabbed my wrist and used my own inertia to push me into a couple of snobby looking girls who shrieked dramatically when I came close. I stumbled a little bit and when I regained my balance Izaya had already disappeared. I gave a huff of frustration and blew a curl that had fallen into my face away. Using my sleeve I hurriedly wiped my mouth, appalled that my lips still tingled.
To say the least I was stunned with what just happened. I stayed standing still where I was taking it all in until a hand found its way on my shoulder. By craning my neck I realized that it was Tom. He nervously pushed his sun glasses farther up on the bridge of his nose.
"You alright Natalia-san?" Unsure of the answer I just nodded my head dumbly. Shizuo stomped over to us with his hands stuffed inside of is pockets. He had already put his shades back on even with the sun setting. Shizuo had a couple scratched and cuts where Izaya's blade had nicked him, but overall he was OK. I smiled a little at thsis revelation. Shizuo was staring intently at me.
"Um are you OK Shizu-kun?" I already knew the answer but I wanted to hear it from him. He didn't give much of a response, only a grunt, but for him that was a yes. A breath escaped my lips that I didn't know I had been holding. I guess I was worried about Shizuo after all.
We stood there in awkward silence while the crowd dispersed, none of us wanted to talk about what just happened. I pulled at the end of my sweater occasionally and shifted my weight. I kept fidgeting until Shizuo let out an exasperated groan broke the quiet.
"So do we have any other work for today?" He grumbled.
"Nope you can go home now, I'll see tomorrow Shizuo." Tom waved and headed off to where I assume was the direction of him house. I decided to follow suit and started my walk home. I didn't even make it three steps before Shizuo had grabbed my shoulder.
"Where do you think you're going?" He asked. I raised an eyebrow at his question.
"I was going to go home." The blonde didn't seem to like my answer because he frowned, shook his head, and took off his shades.
"I don't think that's good idea." I didn't feel like arguing with him so instead I kept quiet. Shizu-kun pulled out his cellphone and punched in a message to someone. After a few moments he got a reply and started walking in the opposite direction. I knew I was supposed to follow him without him saying anything more. I didn't recognize where we were going but I trust Shizuo so I didn't worry.
The sun had long since gone down when Shizu-kun stopped in front of a nice looking apartment complex. We rode the elevator up to one of the higher floor and Shizuo led me to the end of the hallway. For such a large place, it was very quiet. You would expect tenants to be walking around the lobby downstairs or noise coming from the inside of the apartments but it seemed almost empty. It was actually kind of peaceful.
It turns out what Shizuo thought was a 'good idea' was for me to stay the night with Shinra and Celty, well Celty was out doing errands I guess so I'd have to stick it out with the eccentric doctor. Shizuo left soon after Shinra finished cleaning up his scratches and said he'd come by tomorrow to walk me to work. I actually had almost forgotten that I had a job. Tomorrow was my first day. I mentioned to Shizu-kun that we would have to leave early because I had to pick up nicer clothes from home.
I didn't bother catching up with Shinra just yet, I wanted to wait to talk to both him and Celty at the same time so I wouldn't have to repeat myself. Shinra was nice enough to let me use his room, he said he would sleep on the couch. I teased him about why he and Celty didn't share a room and he just smiled said that she was in denial about how much she loved him. He was still in love with four years later. You had to admire the guy for his unwavering affection for the headless woman.
That's a little hypocritical though if you think about it. How I admire Shinra for his constant and never ending love for Celty while I'm horrified by Izaya feeling that same way for me. Though in my defense I'm still not completely sure if what Izaya professes to be true. I told Celty once that love is too troublesome to be worth it. She agreed with me.
I know its shorter than my others but I wanted to get it out for you guys, I've been very busy! Thanks for reading, please review!