After Shizuo visited his brother, he went back to his apartment to put the money he received in a safe place. He realized that he had to pick a day he would leave for his vacation. He decided to wait until he got together with Tom in a little bit to discuss it with him. Shizuo left his apartment and later met with Tom for another busy day at work. Tom began the conversation.

"So, figured out whether you wanted to take the trip or not?"

"Yeah, I decided to take it. I went to my brother's this morning and he loaned me a bunch of money."

"Ah wonderful, Shizuo! So you have money now and everything! That's great to hear."

"Mhm, I just wanted to ask you about my work schedule and when I will be able to leave... so I can check the flight times and stuff." Shizuo explained.

"Oh right! Let's see, today is Wednesday... I definitely need you for the rest of this week as you know. And then you do take the weekend off. But the beginning of the week is usually busy as well, so I'll probably need you for Monday, even Tuesday, just to wrap things up. How about starting your break next Wednesday, a week from now?"

"That sounds fine by me. I do need a day to pack however, so I'll leave on Thursday."

"Okay, sounds great! I wish you a great time on your trip, and most of all, have fun!"

"Thanks again, Tom-san." he smiled.

They continued the rest of their hectic day while Shizuo looked forward to the time he would spend in Okinawa.

The next following week, around 4:30 PM

"You're leaving tomorrow?"

"Yes indeedy I am." responded Izaya. "Sorry I told you at the last minute. I got caught up in a few things and forgot to mention it to you. But you should be happy; since it's my vacation time, you get a break as well. Kind of like a win-win situation, wouldn't you say?" he chuckled.

"Oh thank God." Namie muttered under her breath. "How long are you planning on staying at...? Okinawa, you said?"

"Probably a week or so. I just have a meeting with someone which will only take a day and I figure it would be good if I stay there a while in case he wants any more information I'd be willing to provide. And if not, I can take my time to observe what it's like there. I've never been to Okinawa and it'd be nice to see what-"

"I don't care. A week off will be great, starting tomorrow. Absolutely looking forward to it." she carried on, walking into another room.

Izaya sighed. "Yes, yes. I bet you can't wait to spend some quality time with your lovely little brother... who doesn't at all return your incestuous love you feel towards him. Ahaha. This sad, unrequited love. Sickening, it really is."

Izaya turned back to his computer space and thought things over. Let's see, I'm leaving first thing tomorrow. I haven't even started packing yet. Ah well, it's not like I really need anything other than clothes, hygienic products, my laptop, phone, and maybe some books and other things I need on the plane. About the plane... I wonder if I'll get the row to myself. I kind of doubt it though... While he said this, he checked the seating chart on the airplane he reserved. To his surprise, it had been a pretty full flight. He was happy enough to get one of the two-seater rows near the back and was glad to see that he was the only one in the row. Yay! I get the whole row to myself! How wonderful, I won't have to share my row with any other useless human! But now that I think about it, it would have been fun to mess with them. Oh well.

After this, Izaya finished any of his last minute work before heading to his apartment to pack for tomorrow's trip.

It was around 7 pm and Shizuo was in the middle of packing. He felt as if he was forgetting something but he went through everything in his head twice. Even three times to make sure. He finally remembered what he'd forgotten to do. It wasn't something he forgot to pack but a matter of reserving his flight for tomorrow online.

He scrambled over to his computer and went to the airline website in which he selected the time and flight for tomorrow. Hm... there are a few flights tomorrow. I kind of want to get there early but I don't like getting up early. But I don't want arrive too late on the first day either. He then examined the flight times and the times were: 7:25 am to 10:15 am, 12:40 am to 3:30 pm, 5:30 pm to 8:20 pm, etc. Well I'm not too good with flights but I know that you're supposed to get there a few hours early just to be safe. And if I went to the first one, I'd have to wake up at 5, maybe even 4. And I really don't like getting up that early, Shizuo pondered. He thought about the third time, expected arrival being at 8 which would be too late. The second time seemed quite reasonable to him, thinking that he'd just have to wake up at around 9 or 10 and he'll arrive at a good time too. He happily selected his choice.

Hm maybe I should have done this sooner... Shizuo thought. He was checking the flight seating chart and there seemed to be not a lot of available seats left. He saw a total of 3 seats left, 2 single ones belonging to 3-seater row and 1 belonging to one of the 2-seaters row near the back of the plane. I'd kind of like to be as alone as possible, I find it awkward making friends on a plane. I think it's even worse if you're in the middle of a 3-seater spot with two strangers surrounding you. I guess I'll pick the one in the back. And he reserved his spot.

Afterwards he logged off and rechecked everything he packed for the very last time. He didn't bother packing instant food or cigarettes because he didn't think it would be allowed through customs so he just omitted those items. And he thought that with Kasuka's money, he could just get plenty of those kind of items while he's there anyway.

Shizuo zipped up his medium-sized luggage and rolled it over next to the door for tomorrow. He set his alarm clock for 10 in the morning now so that he wouldn't forget to do it later. And for the rest of the night, Shizuo lay on the couch, watching nothing but television for the rest of the night.

Thursday, the day of the flight

Shizuo woke up to the ringing of his alarm clock and shut it off. He went to the bathroom and got ready for a big day. He took a quick shower and put on a fresh new pair of his bartender clothes. While waiting for his wet, blond hair to dry, he made himself a quick breakfast and checked the time. It was 10:29. He knew that he wanted to arrive at the airport at around 11 so he can pick up his plane ticket and get through baggage checking and security by the time it was about half past eleven.

He finished up his breakfast and did any last minute things before he grabbed his luggage on his way out. He called the next taxi he saw and made his way to the airport.

When he got to the airport, it was already 10:53. He paid the taxi driver and went first to pick up his ticket. There was quite a line so he ended up having to wait fifteen minutes. When he finally obtained his ticket, he went over to baggage checking and waited another ten minutes. Afterwards, he went through security. It took a while for him to walk over to his gate which he slowly but surely found. There had just been a few people waiting, as early as Shizuo was. Shizuo checked the clock on the wall and it read 11:24. Shizuo checked over his plane ticket and it said to wait at the gate for boarding no later than 12:20. Shizuo had an hour to kill and he didn't really feel like doing anything, so he sat in a far off seat in the corner of the waiting room and read a random magazine the airport provided for waiting passengers.

Shizuo sat and continued reading magazines, hoping time would go by quickly so he wouldn't have to spend all his time just sitting and waiting for his flight.

Izaya was riding the subway. One of his hands was holding the handrail while the other one was holding one of his luggages. He pulled out his phone and checked the time as it said 11:25. No worries, I'll make it. The airport's in two stops anyway. And the lines are probably short, knowing that people get there early just to sit around and do nothing.

Izaya got off at his stop and made his way into the airport. As he made his way to pick up his ticket, he saw that there was no line. Yippee for me! No line for the great Orihara Izaya! Ahahaa~ He picked up his ticket and skipped on over to baggage checking and security. He saw that there was no line for it either. Ah what did I tell you? Humans are just so predictable, coming early for their flight. Well, well, sucks to have been them.

Izaya finished customs in a matter of 4 minutes. He was now making his way over to the gate. He stopped in front of the entrance and checked the time as it had said 11:34. What is this? I leave late and arrive early? Why, I still have about 45 or so minutes until the flight takes off. He peered over at the huge crowd of people in the waiting room by his gate. Haha, seems like everyone did get here super early. It's already completely crowded. Not that I'd want to sit and wait for the plane anyway... I'll just be sitting for an even longer time in the plane afterwards! And my ass would get very sore. Stupid humans. Why are my humans so stupid? He laughed.

Izaya pranced off in the opposite direction, looking from place to place. Well, I might as well just walk around the airport since I have nothing to do. There are plenty of stores and restaurants... I might as well go grab a quick snack. Izaya saw that there happened to be particularly many expensive perfume and fragrance stores. Maybe I should go from one fragrance store to the next to try on some high-priced cologne, just for the hell of it. Izaya smirked. He did just that and continued on, looking for snack options he could eat, as he proclaimed, "I smell simply wonderful! Orihara Izaya will attract all the females with his lovely, captivating scent! I might attract all the men as well; I couldn't help but try on some irresistible women's perfume... oh well! More for me~!" As he said this aloud, people couldn't help but look his way, giving him weird stares. "Oh! You people are just jealous~"

Izaya found a restaurant that sold fried tempura so he decided to eat a bit there. He checked the time on his phone and it said 12:10. Ah boarding is in 10 minutes. And I walked quite a while's way down the airport. Not to worry, I'll be sure to make it in time, like always! Izaya giggled as he ate another piece of tempura.

"The time is now 12:20 pm. We are now boarding first-class and business-class passengers at the moment. Please have your ticket and passport present before boarding. Thank you."

Shizuo looked up and saw people getting up and making their way to the boarding line. Shizuo checked the clock as it did say 12:20. "Ah finally." he murmured to himself. He put down one of the ten magazines he had been reading and sat there waiting until the speaker announced his time to line up. He sat and waited for about 6 minutes when the speaker then announced:

"We would now like to board economy-class passengers at this moment. Please have your ticket and passport present before boarding the plane. Thank you."

When he heard this message, he got up and made his way to the end of the boarding line. He prepared his ticket and passport and made it to the front of the line in no time. He handed his ticket to the travel agent and showed him his passport and the travel agent kindly said, "Thank you. Please enjoy your flight." "Thanks." Shizuo replied.

He checked his seating number and it said 'row 24, seat F'. He walked all the way to the near back and reached his row. He noticed that this spot was the third to last row in this plane. He looked up at the seating numbers and the window seat was seat F while the aisle seat was seat E. Shizuo was glad he got the window seat. He enjoyed looking outside, especially at the pretty sky and the rest of earth underneath him.

He sat down in his seat and made himself comfortable. He thought for a second about who the person sitting next to him would be. He hoped that it would be someone nice. Maybe even someone he can make friends with and talk to during the flight. Shizuo knew that he'd find out in a matter of time so he just put that thought to rest and pulled out one of the magazine catalogs from the back pouch of the seat in front of him. He flipped through it and saw that it was a travel guide to all the places this plane travels to. He finally found the section with Okinawa and began reading it.

In the meantime, Izaya checked his phone and it read 12:29. Oh not to worry, I won't have to wait in a long line to board now. And I had fun anyway! That tempura was oishii~ Izaya giggled as he made his way to the gate. When he looked, he saw that there was no more than about five people standing in the line. Yay! No long wait!

Izaya made his way to the line and by the time he got there, it had cut down to two people. It was then his turn and he boarded the plane in no time.

It was only a matter of minutes now before the two of them encountered a situation they would have never, ever imagined themselves to be in.