A.N~ Holy crap finally xD I had some serious writer's block. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Thanks again to everyone who reviewed

Chapter 8

Shizuo walked to Izaya's side, not sure what to do about the informant. "Izaya?" He called again. This time Izaya looked up, almost pleadingly at him.

"Shizu-chan..?" He asked, wiping his eyes with the edge of his sleeve and smiled. "I was hoping you would be the one to find me and not Mairu."

He looked up at him with his arms wrapped securly around himself. "I just had to talk to you. But no one was home."

Shizuo stared at him in complete shock, not sure whether or not to believe this act. He made his way to Izaya and sighed. "Come on, it's pouring out here."

Izaya looked up at him and nodded vigorously before stumbling up. He followed Shizuo up to his apartment, following close behind.

Shizuo opened the door to his apartment, and held the door open for Izaya to walk into. Izaya kicked off his shoes and peeled off his soaking jacket before turning to Shizuo, dripping from head to toe. The ex-bartender's eyes travelled down the flea's body to where black clothes clung tightly to soft pale skin. He shook the thought from his mind. What was he thinking? It was the Flea for god's sake!

Shizuo simply turned away from him. "You can borrow some of my clothes."

Izaya nodded, and made his way to Shizuo's room.

This was the first time he had ever seen the flea this quiet. To be honest, he didn't like it at all. This wasn't the Izaya he knew. The Izaya he knew wouldn't know when to shut up. He would be hopping up and down around his house, finding something to do to make his life miserable.

He knew something must have happened to the flea to make him act like this, and Shizuo was determined to figure out what it was.

Izaya pulled the hefty sweater over his head, pouting at the way and dangled at the arms. He sighed, rolling the sleeves up before doing the same to the legs of the pants.

He opened the door to Shizuo's room, and quietly tip-toed his way to the living room where Shizuo was waiting.

Shizuo looked at him, with a look of acceptance and -what he assumed was - a pleasant tint to his cheeks, before turning away.

Izaya smiled at this and moved to sit beside Shizuo.

Shizuo shifted further away and handed the informant a cup. "Tea," he stated, before turning away again. "It'll help you warm up."

Izaya smiled graciously and accepted the cup. Shizuo stood up and began rummaging his house for something, until he pulled out a small yellow lighter. He pulled out a fresh cigarette from the box - seeing as the one in his mouth was soaked by then - and lit it. He puffed smoke into the air before sitting back on the couch.

"Why were you waiting?" Shizuo finally asked.

Izaya lifted the cup of tea to his lips, but didn't drink it, simply allowing the steam to warm him before he answered. "I don't really know. After you hung up on me, I had to see you."

Shizuo sighed. "Why didn't you just call back if you wanted to talk to me?"

Izaya stared down at the cup in his hands. "I didn't think to. I wanted to see you."

Shizuo was slightly taken back by the answer, and looked away. "Well it was stupid. I hope you get sick, stupid flea."

Izaya sighed, leaning his head on Shizuo's shoulder. "Don't push me away. Not yet."

Shizuo froze as the flea linked his arms around his. The ex-bartender was in near shock, wondering where the hell his Flea had gone off to.

"Shizu-can is stupid, but he's warm." Izaya giggled.

Shizuo sighed. At least he didn't change completely. "That's not my name, Flea." he growled, puffing more smoke into the air.

Izaya coughed lightly from the smoke and began swatting at the air around him. "That smells disgusting." He said, crinkling his nose is distaste.

Shizuo smiled deviously and blew more smoke towards the informant, who pouted in a way that was almost cute. "Shizu-chan," he warned, pulling the cigarette from his mouth.

Shizuo glared. "Hey, give that back."

Izaya beamed. "Say sorry first Shizu-chan~"

Shizuo growled, giving up sighed in Izaya's direction. "You piss me off."

The informant smiled again. "I know," he said, dropping the cigarette in his tea, before setting it aside.

Shizuo sighed. "What do you want Izaya? You came here, now what?"

Izaya thought for a second. He hadn't really thought about that. He just wanted to see Shizuo. Did he really need a reason?

Izaya simply shrugged.

Shizuo sighed, deciding that he wouldn't be getting rid of the flea any time soon.

"Hey Shizuo," Izaya started. "When did you first meet Mairu?"

Shizuo blinked his eyes at the question, but found no point in avoiding it. He shrugged. "It was a long time ago. Before I knew you, or how annoying you were." He said the last part with a growl, causing Izaya to giggle.

"Do I really make Shizu-chan that mad~?"

Shizuo ignored his teasing tone. "I met her while she was doing something really stupid. I would have hit her if she didn't seem so upset."

Izaya nodded his head vigorously as if he cared what Shizuo was talking about - which he really didn't, he could care less how Shizuo had met his sister, but he did like the way Shizuo smiled as he talked.

"She was so much more different then most people. Just the way she smiled was different - kind of annoying, but different."

Izaya beamed. "Oh~? I didn't know Shizu-chan was such a romantic~"

Shizuo rolled his eyes at the flea and shoved him roughly off of his arm, causing Izaya to pout disappointingly at Shizuo. "I never got her name back then, but I guess... I could tell." He smiled. "Then I saw her, and I knew I found her again."

Izaya pouted as he continued his story. "'Because no one can love a monster,' that's what she said." He smiled leaning his head back, remembering the raven haired beauty from his memory hiding under the slide. "She was a lot like me. I couldn't stop thinking about her."

Izaya raised a brow at that. "Where did you meet her?"

Shizuo rolled his eyes at Izaya's question. "At the park. The one you took me to before." Izaya felt his heart clench at the answer. Shizuo remembered that time? Izaya felt tears brimming at his eyes. Shizuo really was an idiot.

"It's the one good thing that came from me meeting you," he said with a sneer. "Though it's a stroke of bad luck that you happened to be Mairu's brother."

Izaya brought the end of his sleeves to his eyes, shocked to find tears for the first time. Monsters don't cry, he reminded himself. So why am I crying now?

"She was really amazing and-" Shizuo glanced to where Izaya was sitting - he had been uncharacteristically quiet - and his eyes widened in shock. "Izaya? Are you crying?"

Izaya felt shock over ride his body. 'Get away' It seemed to be screaming. 'Don't let him see how hurt you are.'

Izaya shot up and ran to the door, only to be stopped by rough hands on his shirt. "Stop running!" Shizuo pulled on the informant's shirt and slammed him into the wall, pinning him down. "You come over here saying you want to see me, then you try to run for no reason! What's your problem!"

Izaya began to shake as tears flooded his eyes. He wanted to get away, he wanted to go home. It was stupid to come to his house. "Let go Shizuo!" He snapped, only to be shook again.

"No! Tell me why you keep running!"

Izaya shrunk back, staring up at Shizuo's hazel eyes in fear. Not in fear of him, but in fear of how much he was beginning to realize that he needed this man.

"Just tell me why you-"

Shizuo's words were cut off as he felt lips cover his own. His eyes widened in shock when he felt small hands pull at his shirt, drawing him closer.

Izaya pulled away suddenly, his eyes widening in shock. "Sh-Shizu-chan, I-I..."

"Shizuo~ I'm home~"

Both boys turned to the side, Shizuo pulling as far away from Izaya as his legs would take him. "Mairu." He greeted his wife, pulling her into a tight hug, and kissing her as if to rid himself of the memory of the sudden kiss.

"Izaya?" She turned to her brother and smiled, raising her brow at the clothes that seemed far too big. "What are you doing here?"

"U-Uh, he was just-" Shizuo started, not sure what to say. He was a horrible liar.

"I was just leaving." Izaya said quickly, cutting Shizuo off and storming out of the apartment.

Izaya ran down the hall, feeling his body wrench from the force of his tears.

A.N~ In case you didn't catch on, Shizuo remembers the time he met Izaya at the park (the prologue thing) but he thinks it was Mairu (because Izaya had longer hair back then). I'm pretty sure one person already guessed that it was going to happen xD... so yes...

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