Walking towards the informant's office in Shinjuku, he knew he was going to get killed the second he entered. And he feared that he would find a dead informant lying on the ground and a monster sitting both pleased and angry next to the dead body, just staring at it like some kind of maniac. But he had to go there eventually, to check up on things. He was, after all, the man who had forced the monster to be the informant's bodyguard; Shinra Kishitani.

It had been a day since he left the two enemies alone, a day since he started fearing for the informant's life... and his own since he probably was going to get killed the second one of the two saw him. It was probably the bodyguard who would see him first and then kill him. He was the bodyguard after all and if he did his job right like Shinra told him to, then he would be the one answering the door and calls.

He stared at the door, his heart racing of nervousness. He had to do it, had to check up on things before it was too late. He fixed his glasses shortly and took a deep breath in, before he pulled a hand up and knocked a few times on the door.

It felt like forever before he heard footsteps nearing the door. He had started to believe he had been right and there had happened a murder in there. But the footsteps made him sigh in relief. He had to stop being so paranoid.

When the door opened, Shinra's eyes trailed up to lock at the tall blonde male's face and a wide smile spread across his face. "Good morning, Shizuo-kun!" he greeted, his tone as cheerful as ever but he was still nervous as hell, hoping the man wouldn't kill him. He quickly noticed the tired look in the bodyguard's eyes. Had it been a rough night or did he just wake up and this was just how he looked in the morning?

Shizuo stared down at the brunette, holding back a yawn. That night had not been easy. He barely got any sleep since he had to watch over the flea, who had just locked himself in in the bathroom and refused to come out. It annoyed him like hell. How was he supposed to take care of a man who didn't wanted him as his bodyguard? It made absolutely no sense and he would rather just return to his old job. But that was impossible since Tom didn't live in Ikebukuro any more.

"'Morning..." he grumbled sleepily. He was seriously not in the mood to talk to the damn underground doctor. It was his fault he had to take care of the man he hated after all. The last thing he ever wanted to do.

Shinra leaned a bit to the side and looked behind the tall blonde, looked into the office and flicked his eyes around to find the informant. When he couldn't see anyone in there, he turned his gaze to the man and gave him a questionable look. "Can I come in?" he asked, his smile slowly fading by the thought of the raven haired lying dead somewhere in the office, hidden and never to be found by other than the monster of Ikebukuro.

Shizuo just nodded shortly and turned to the side, letting the man come inside. He slammed the door shut, maybe a bit too hard, once the doctor was inside. He was tired and exhausted but his strength never failed him. And when he was tired enough he didn't have the power or will to keep his strength down. It didn't matter anyway since it was the flea's office and apartment and not someone he actually cared about.

Shinra almost jumped high up in the air when he heard the door slam shut, making his heart race faster. He had to get rid of his paranoia before it took over his mind and he would never be able to think normally again.

Taking a deep breath in he turned around to face the tired monster standing in front of the door. "And where is Izaya-kun?" he asked, his tone now quite serious.

Shizuo gave the man a short glare, making a few sweat drops appear on the man's forehead, before he walked around him and to the couch, where he had been sitting pretty much all night. "In the bathroom," he answered simply and sat down on the surprisingly soft and comfortable couch with a heavy sigh.

Shinra quickly shook his head, forcing his paranoid thoughts out, as he turned around and walked to the couch with the blonde on it. "Bathroom? Why is he in the bathroom?" He knew it was a ridiculous question to ask but he had to ask. He had to take care of his friend, the informant, if the bodyguard wasn't going to do a good job, even though he had promised to do so. Or at least try to.

Shrugging slightly, Shizuo leaned back until he was lying on the comfortable couch. "He's been there all night, right after..." He stopped himself, his mind going back to what happened last night. The fall, the flea's breath way too close, their lips almost touching. The raven had been way too close to him and yet... he didn't kill him. He didn't even think about it. His mind just went blank in that moment.

"Right after what?" Shinra started to get curious. This was sounding interesting. His interest woke up at the blonde's silence. Knowing it wasn't the best thing to do, he sat down on the other end of the couch, his eyes looking down at the blonde through his glasses.

Shizuo stared up at the brunette as he sat down. He usually would have sat up again and scooted far away from the man, since he wasn't comfortable with how close some people got to him, but he was almost too tired to do anything. It drove him crazy. Why couldn't he just sleep? It was only a fall, an accident, that was it. Nothing serious and nothing to always think about.

"Right after... he fell," he finally replied and turned his gaze up to the ceiling far up. It wasn't a lie. The flea did fall but he just pulled him down with him, making both of them fall.

Shinra nodded slowly once or twice as he turned his gaze in the direction of the bathroom just around the corner. "Well since you obviously doesn't want to go check up on him, even though you're his bodyguard," he paused and pulled himself up from the couch, standing up on the floor, "I'm going to do it."

Without waiting for a respond from the blonde, he just walked to the bathroom. He stared at the door for a few seconds, fearing the informant might have ran away. Shaking his paranoid thoughts out of his head, he lightly knocked on the bathroom door a few times. "Izaya-kun?"

The knocking surprised Izaya more than he thought just a simple knocking would. He jumped in surprise and quickly turned around. He had been standing and staring into the mirror. Luckily he had been so tired that he just collapsed and fell asleep on the bathroom floor last night. His embarrassment of the fall was still there though, his cheeks slightly red just by the thought of it, the thought of the monster's breath against his lips.

He quickly recognized the voice behind the door as the underground doctor's. Was it morning already? He shrugged slightly and walked to the door, quickly unlocking it and pulled it just a bit open, enough for him to look out at the brunette. A tired and exhausted grin spread across his face.

"Good morning, Shinra~" he said and tried to sound as much as his old self as possible but he failed - badly. "Are you really that worried about me that you have to come only a day after leaving me in the hands of a monster, who obviously just wants me dead?"

Shinra watched the raven carefully for several long moments, noticing the slight red color on the man's cheek. He then nodded at the question. "Yes, I am," he replied, obviously surprising the informant by the honest and direct answer. Without waiting for the other to reply or say anything else, Shinra just continued with another question; "What happened last night? Other than the usual arguments I bet you two had. Something else happened. Shizuo-kun told me you fell but I'm guessing something else happened too. Tell me."

Izaya's crimson red eyes widened slightly and his cheeks went into a light red color just by the thought. The fall replayed itself inside his head. This wasn't normal. This was not like Izaya Orihara. He had to do something about it – quickly. Get that damn monster out of his office and apartment before it went too far.

"L-last night?" He swallowed thickly and laughed awkwardly. "I just fell, tripped over my own foot. How stupid of me, right?" He continued to laugh awkwardly. If he told the doctor about what happened other than that, he knew he would just get some 'Oh you're just in love with Shizuo-kun, blah blah blah'-crap and he really didn't need that. He did not love that stupid monster! He hated him and he always would.

Shinra sighed and lowered his head. He wasn't going to get anything out of any of them was he? "Fine. If nothing happened then come out and sit on the couch with your bodyguard so we can talk." Before the informant could shut the door again or refuse to do anything like that, he quickly grabbed around his wrist and dragged him out of the bathroom. Since the raven was still quite weak, he actually had a chance to force the man out of there without getting anything but a few scratches or punches.

"No!" Izaya tried to get away, tried to force the doctor to let go of him. But he was just too weak. And before he knew it he was placed down on the couch. He glared up at the brunette as he sat down on the wooden table in front of the couch and him, not noticing who was sitting right next to him.

Shizuo had sat up on the couch again while the informant was being dragged to the couch. He honestly didn't like having the flea sit so close to him, their shoulders having almost no distance between them. He glanced shortly down at the raven before he turned his gaze to the doctor, forcing his urge to move away as much as he could.

"Now... tell me what happened." Shinra's tone was serious. He was done with the whole kid play. He needed to fix this before it went in the wrong direction of his original plan.

Izaya turned his head and gaze to the blonde and his cheeks quickly went red, his heart beating faster in a split second. In a quick movement he scooted away from the man, creating distance between them, before he looked back at the brunette. "I... I just fell and... pulled Shizu-chan with me... and that was it." He glanced shortly back at the blonde, pulling his thin legs up to snake his arms around them. He hid his face between his legs when he felt his whole face grow hotter the second he felt the monster's eyes on his face. He hated this. This was definitely not like him and he hated it more than ever.

Shinra quickly noticed the new behavior from the informant but it only made him smile. So that's what is going on, huh... he thought to himself, finding out exactly why the raven was so flushed over nothing in a split second. It wasn't hard to figure out. It looked like his plan was actually going to work for once.

Nodding shortly he stood up and looked down at the blonde. "Fine then. I will leave now," he said and turned to walk to the door. He needed to leave the two alone and let the informant find out his own feelings. It was better that way, better than him forcing the two to realize what they meant to each other. He knew exactly what both of them felt deep down. He didn't need proof. He could tell just by seeing them together after one single day of being under the same roof.

Shizuo sighed and looked up at the brunette. "Shinra, I'm quitting this stupid job," he stated and stood up as well. "I don't want to take care of that freak! He can freaking take care of himself and I don't even know why you couldn't have picked someone else than me, the person who hates him the most in the entire world, to be his fucking bodyguard, butler, babysitter or whatever the hell I am!"

"Yes, I can take care of myself..." Izaya mumbled in agreement. He wanted the monster out, out of the apartment/office and out of his life so he wouldn't feel so embarrassed all the time.

"No!" Shinra interrupted both of them quickly before it started to become an argument. "I don't care what both of you say right now. Shizuo," he turned and stared at the blonde, his eyes showing how serious he was, "I picked you because you're probably the best bodyguard in the entire world, at least what I know of, and you need to learn how to control your anger, so this really is the best way to do it. And you," he turned and stared at the raven, "you can't take care of yourself. Just look at how you are right now. You passed out when I got to you yesterday and I don't want you to pass out some day and never wake up again." Once again he had to be bossy but it was the only way to get them to listen apparently.

He nodded shortly and quickly walked to the door, but stopped as he heard a short sound leave the informant's throat like he was about to talk or protest. "I don't want to hear any more, Izaya-kun. I'm sorry but my darling Celty is waiting for me~" And with that he opened the door in a wide smile at the thought of his beloved Dullahan waiting for him at home. He walked out and before any of the two could say anything else, he slammed the door shut.

Once he heard the door slam, Shinra sighed relieved. That was quick but he was not going to stay there and be audience to a murder or argument. He just wanted to go back to his beloved Dullahan. And so he did, walking back and constantly checking his phone to see if one of the two enemies had send some kind of hate message to him.

Shizuo growled low as he heard the door slam shut. Knowing he could do nothing at all about it, he sat down on the couch with a heavy and annoyed sighed. This was the worst thing ever. Having to stay with the man he hated the most was the last thing he wanted.

Izaya slowly lifted his head up from between his legs, his cheeks slightly red and his heart racing just as fast as it did last night when he had been so close to his 'bodyguard'. He slowly turned his head and locked his crimson red eyes on the blonde's face, staring at him.

Shizuo felt the gaze on him and he slowly turned his head, his mocha eyes quickly locking with those crimson red ones, the distance between them staying as it was; not too close but not too far from each other either.

A/N: Sorry, this chapter sucked.

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