A.N~ Sorry the chapter took so long, writer's block again, then school work and what-not so I couldn't finish it. I actually really don't like this chapter, but ah well :O

Thank you to those who reviewed~!

The house was too empty.

Izaya looked around the room and sighed. He leaned his head against the wall, Namie hadn't returned after dropping his sister off, so he assumed she would be staying for the wedding also.

He closed his eyes, envisioning the hazel eyes of his brute. His heart wrenched at the thought of Shizuo with his sister saying their vows. He sighed. He would leave Ikebukuro after the wedding, he decided. He wouldn't let himself be hurt by Shizuo anymore.

He sighed, looking out his window at his beloved city, before he smiled.

He walked over to his desk and quickly jotted something down on a piece of paper and folding it into his pocket.

"I think I still have time for one more experiment."

Shizuo pulled his tie tight around his neck and studied himself in the mirror. A groom suited for a bride, he decided, turning himself this way and that. He felt a twisting feeling in his stomach as he thought about it. He was just nervous, he reminded himself. He wanted this. He wanted Mairu. Shizuo nodded his head roughly. If he kept saying it, maybe he would believe it.

He sighed heavily, pulling out a cigarette from the box, and lighting it, before blowing smoke towards the mirror. He just hoped the horrible feeling he had in his stomach would disappear after the wedding.

His head whipped towards the door as a knock was heard. He sighed and made his way to the door before pulling it opened. "What do you want?" he snapped at the person behind it.

"It's just me." Shizuo looked down at Kururi and sighed, letting her in. "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be getting Mairu ready?"

Kururi shrugged. "She's already dressed, just checking on the groom."

Shizuo nodded, butterflies twisting in his stomach. The wedding would be in a few more hours, and he wasn't ready. There was so much more he felt he needed to do, he just couldn't figure out what those things were. He sighed and slumped down on the sofa, exhausted.

"Shizuo, I wanted to talk to you about Izaya."

Shizuo let the cigarette in his mouth hang at his lips at the mention of Izaya's name. He leaned his head back, imagining the informant's crimson eyes and devious smile playing on his lips. He couldn't help but smile at the thought of Izaya's bubbly personality and twisted mind that seemed to only find excitement in tormenting him. "What about him?" He asked.

"What happened the night you came over?" Kururi asked.

"Huh?" Shizuo looked up at Kururi, realization of what she was talking about kicking in. "U-Uh, nothing happened. Why?"

Kururi rolled her eyes at the obvious lie, but didn't want to pry. "Well what ever happened, Izaya hasn't been the same."

Shizuo looked away, an obvious look of regret and worry on his face. "The flea's probably just trying to be dramatic."

Kururi sighed. "When you and Mairu get married. I want you to move away from Ikebukuro."

Shizuo blinked his eyes. "Why the hell would I-?"

"I'm serious Shizuo!" Shizuo jumped back as Kururi snapped a him. "I'm trying to protect my brother." She sighed, running a hand through her hair. "If you stay in Ikebukuro, It'll destroy him."

"Why would it?" Shizuo spat, though he already knew the answer.

"Oh come on Shizuo. I know you're not that stupid." She frowned as she walked out of the room, letting the door click behind her.

Shizuo sighed, as he waited for his brother to appear in the door way to lead him out to the wedding, and his soon-to-be wife. The idea used to be intriguing, now it just terrified him.

He sighed, his mind running though everything that had happened since their engagement, before his mind wandered back to Izaya. He wondered what he thought about all of this. Why he didn't want him to marry, why did he kiss him? Why did Shizuo kiss him back? He slumped down in his chair, confused.

Izaya - even when he wasn't there - always found a way to mess with his mind.

He frowned, at the knock on the door, and felt his heart skip a beat. It was time to go. Time to marry Mairu - something he had been looking forward to until recently. "Come in" He called, exhausted.

His eyes widened as he turned his head to catch a glance of the raven haired informant entering the room.

"Don't worry," he started, "I wont be here long." Izaya smiled at him, causing Shizuo's heart to tighten. "I just came here to tell you I'm leaving."

Shizuo didn't know what to say, his mind was blank with Izaya so close.

Izaya smiled at Shizuo's lack of words and walked over to him until they were only a few inches apart and leaned his head on his shoulder. "I'll miss my neanderthal." He said with a grin and looked up with a taunting smile.

Shizuo bit his lip. He wanted to tell Izaya to stay, and that he didn't want him to leave, but he didn't. He simply sat there, enjoying the feel of Izaya's breath on his neck.

Another sudden knock announced the arrival of Shizuo's brother. Shizuo felt fear rise in his stomach.

Izaya leaned over and kissed him gently before pulling away, slipping something that Shizuo couldn't see into his pocket. Izaya smiled at him and stepped away to open the door. Kasuka and Izaya shared an acknowledging glance before Izaya disappeared though the door frame. Shizuo watched him leave, regretting more than anything, that he didn't go after him.

Shizuo felt his palms shaking as he made his way to his assigned spot where he would wait for his bride, his heart was racing. He reached into his pocket remembering the item that Izaya had slipped into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper with writing on it - he assumed it was Izaya's writing.

His fingers slid along the edges of the paper, as he read;

[I wish you all the happiness in life...Even though that happiness isn't beside me

...

Just kidding~

Shizu-chan is stupid. Only an idiot would do something to hurt themselves. Remember?]

He felt the paper slipping through his finger's nearly dropping the paper he held in his hand.

"Idiot...Only an idiot would do this to themselves." He remembered the words, as his mind travelled back to Izaya's crimson eyes.

His eyes shot up as realization hit him, examining the faces in the crowed. Izaya wasn't there. Izaya was gone.

The music started, sending Shizuo into a panic as he scanned the room again, spotting the informant slipping out of the back door.

He caught a glance of Mairu stepping out to begin her walk before he ran.

A.N~ :O RUN AWAY GROOOOM~

ONE MORE CHAPTER~!