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Beating. The only thing he heard was his own heartbeat. Was he really scared? He couldn't be. It wasn't the first time he had to face the monster of Ikebukuro. But this time it was different. The man was in his office and was supposed to be his bodyguard! He couldn't allow himself to actually be scared. It wasn't like him, not like Izaya Orihara.

"Glad you made it, Shizuo-kun!" The underground doctor had lost the serious tone and was back to the usual cheery one. A wide smile spread across his face, his eyes on the blond standing outside the door. "Come in." Shinra turned around and walked into the office again, letting the door stand open for the bodyguard to enter as well.

The tall man hesitated for a short second, before he entered the office. He still had no idea who lived here. He had never been inside the office before after all. His eyes moved around in the room, quickly noticing that there only was two people in there. Or so he thought.

Shizuo took a few steps away from the underground doctor, before he turned around to look at the man, his eyes narrowed. "Who the hell is it, that I'm going to bodyguard for?"

Izaya's eyes widened at the sound of the blond's voice. This was not like him. Not at all. And on top of his fear, he felt dizzy again. Maybe he really did need food. But he wasn't going to eat a damn think, not as long as he had that monster as his bodyguard. He knew he had to get out from the desk and face the brute, but it wouldn't be now. Not until Shinra had told the man who he was supposed to bodyguard. If he knew Shizuo right, he would storm out of the place and never come back. And that would be best for the informant, being left alone again.

Shinra's smile quickly became nervous at the question. He knew he eventually had to tell the bodyguard, that he was bodyguard for the man he hated the most. But how, he didn't know. Maybe just saying it as it was? He nodded shortly to himself by that idea. Maybe it was the best. "Shizuo-kun, if you want me to tell you, you'll have to promise you will not just... run away or get mad about it... or kill him..." He mumbled the last part, hoping it wouldn't go that far. "And remember; you will not get any money from me if you kill him, okay?"

Shizuo stared at the doctor for several long moments. Was it really that bad of a person he had to take care of? But no matter who it was, he would get paid and that was good enough for him. At least for now. He nodded shortly in respond. "Fine, I won't kill him or run away. Just tell me who it is," he said, now starting to get impatient.

Izaya prayed, that it would all be over at that moment. That the bodyguard would just go away and never come back. He didn't wanted to die. No one would. At least no one he knew about.

"Good," was all Shinra said, before he walked over to the desk and leaned over it, his head popping down to look at the informant under it and his expression now serious again. "See? He's not going to kill you," he whispered, making sure the bodyguard wouldn't be able to hear a thing.

Izaya looked up at the underground doctor and gave him a long and deep glare. "I don't want him as my bodyguard, Shinra!" he whispered back. He made sure to keep his voice low. He wanted the monster out of his office right at that moment. Or at least have Shinra stay so he wasn't going to get killed the second they were left alone. "Get him out!"

Shizuo heard whispering, but what the two were talking about, he had no idea. He didn't even know who this man he was going to take care of was. All he knew, was that he was getting paid and he only had to make sure that the man got something to eat and got enough sleep to function.

The informant and the underground doctor whispered back for several moments, before Shinra finally stood back up and turned around to face the blond. "He'll come out in a minute," he explained with a light smile. "We agreed, that I would say his name first and then wait for your reaction, before he comes out, okay?"

Shizuo sighed deeply and looked down at the desk, as he took a step towards it. "Look... I'm not going to kill you. Apparently it's my job to protect you now, so why the hell would I kill you?"

Izaya mumbled something no one would be able to hear. He was, after all, under a desk. He knew, that when Shizuo found out he was going to take care of the man he hated the most, he would get so mad and either kill the informant or storm out of the office.

Shinra quickly interrupted the bodyguard before it would end badly. "Shizuo-kun, let me just tell you who you are going to protect from now on, okay?" The underground doctor was standing between the desk and the monster, so if anyone was to get hit, it was him.

Shizuo stared at the doctor for several long moments without saying anything. He didn't really understand why it was such a big deal. It was only one man. How bad could it be? "Fine," he said and let a short sigh follow.

The underground doctor was quiet for what, for Izaya, felt like hours, before he finally opened his mouth to tell who the monster was going to be bodyguard for. "Orihara Izaya."

An uncomfortable silence filled the room. The only sound Izaya heard, was his own heart beating like hell. This was the end. He was sure it was. He was going to get killed by that... monster, brute... the man who was supposed to be his bodyguard.

"What?" was Shizuo's first reaction. He lost it rather quickly. He was not going to be bodyguard for that flea! Never! "I don't want to be bodyguard or butler to that freak! What the hell were you thinking, Shinra? Why that flea?"

"Shizuo-kun, let me explain." Even though he knew the brute was mad as hell, Shinra was rather calm. "You lost your job and need a job to get money, so you can live. And Izaya needs to be taken care of, since he can't take care of himself. So-"

"I can take care of myself!" Izaya suddenly yelled from under the desk. "I don't need that monster to take care of me!"

Shizuo turned his anger towards the desk in a split second, when he heard the annoying yelling. "Like I want to take care of you, you damn flea!"

Fortunately Shinra was quick to interrupt. "You," he pointed at the bodyguard, "don't kill him. You're his bodyguard now and you need to stay with him 24/7. I don't care how pissed you are, just do it. And you," he turned and pointed down at the desk, "get out from there and get something to eat before you pass out again." He turned again and nodded. He hated being that bossy type, but some times it was necessary. "I'll leave now and Shizuo... you're supposed to be his bodyguard, so don't kill him. Don't even try or I will get Celty to come after you."

Shizuo just rolled his eyes at the thread. It really wasn't a thread. He wasn't scared of anything, especially not Celty. They were friends after all. He sighed shortly and looked at the doctor. "Fine, I'll at least try," he mumbled and quickly sat down on the couch behind him.

Shinra nodded and headed towards the door, that led out of the office. "Good." He stopped right before he disappeared out of the door and turned to look at the blond. "Take good care of him, Shizuo-kun," he said in his usual cheerful tone, before he closed the door behind him.

Now there was only the two enemies who hated each other more than anything in the world in the office; the informant and the bodyguard, Izaya Orihara and Shizuo Heiwajima. The flea and the monster. Alone.

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