Title: Things that change for better or for worse
Chapter 31: The Aftermath of Change
By: Sissy

Disclaimer: DRRR shall never belong to me otherwise there'd be more yaoi.
Warning: Random things before I finish.

There is no one in the room right now.
Tanaka Taro-san has entered the room.

Tanaka Taro: I love Shizuo-san!

Tanaka Taro-san has left the room.
There is no one in the room right now.

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Ruri came into the nursery with a soft smile like usual. Saki greeted her and they headed in together to look for her son. In the classroom, Masaomi was being played with by the other children remaining. The moment they arrived, Ruka jumped from his chair and tackled his mother. Ruri had caught him quite easily, not at all how Kasuka usually reacted. The mother blamed it with the fact that Ruka always went all out with his father to show him that he could take care of himself. Kasuka casually commented once that Ruri should notice that more than him.

"Hello Ruka, ready to go home?" She asked sweetly and saw her son nod.

"Oh, wait, wait!" Masaomi forcefully got up from the floor and headed towards Ruri with two children hanging from his arms. "Mikado's gonna have a house welcome party this Saturday since he'll be out by then. I'm sure you got the invitation, but can you make sure to bring something too? We're thinking of surprising him with a few things, if you catch my drift."

"Masaomi…" Saki warned him when she noticed her fiancée slyly winking at the woman.

"No worries. I'll talk to Kasuka-san. I'm sure he'll be more than delighted to give Ryugamine-san something. Let's go, Ruka." After giving them a light bow, Ruri headed out of the nursery and onto the streets. She felt pretty pleased with herself recently as Kasuka had started working and she had been the model image of a housewife again.

Ruka mumbled something incomprehensible as he remained in his mother's arms. He hadn't wriggled or anything but Ruri placed him on the floor and grabbed hold of his hand. They smiled at each other and began to sing a soft melody as they headed home again.

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There is no one in the room right now.
Setton-san has entered the room.

Setton: Wwhat?1
Setton: How did this happen?
Setton: I mean when?1

Setton-san has left the room.

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"Erika-san, weren't you going to stay home?" Walker asked when he found his wife inside the van. Saburou wasn't listening because he knew what kind of stupid conversation this would turn out to be. Kyohei was currently taking a nap as he waited for them to arrive at the location.

"I thought I'd surprise you by coming to visit! And it's not like I'm doing anything else these days. I'm bored out of my mind!" Erika retorted though her husband knew better. She was simply making excuses in order to cook up a plan as quietly as possible.

"Have you gone to see Mikado-kun yet? I thought you were going to visit him every day until he got out." Walker gave up and got inside the car, sitting right next to his wife. He quickly passed over the address of where they were headed to Saburou. Though he had been planning on saying a few things to wife anyways, he froze when he saw her surprised face.

"Dotachin! Dotachin! Wake up!" Erika jiggled the seat, effectively waking up the man.

With a confused yet startled look, he mumbled something incoherently before Erika shook his seat again. Saburou looked back, slightly confused but was amazed when he saw Walker pressing his ear to Erika's belly.

"She's kicking!" Walker spoke excitedly but Erika quickly pouted.

"You mean one of my boys is kicking! I'll be having all the BL in my house, thank you very much!" Erika was determined to have her child be twin boys, something Walker still betted against her for. He was pretty much sure that Erika wouldn't win against him since he had Ruka's obsession with the baby by his side.

Kyohei sighed but smiled at the two at the same time before he motioned to Saburou to head out. "Unless you want the thing back there to melt into a puddle of water, Yumasaki." He reminded Walker, who quickly told Saburou to 'gun it' as he was afraid of that too.

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Bakyura has entered the room.

Bakyura: Oh, I just missed Setton-san.
Bakyura: Hey!
Bakyura: I know who will enjoy that!
Bakyura: Tch. Forgot they already left. Buu…

Saika-san has entered the room.

Saika: Oh my…

Bakyura: Oh well!
Bakyura: I'm gonna go bother someone!

Bakyura-san has left the room.

Saika: Well… I should…go too…

Saika-san has left the room.
There is no one in the room right now.

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"This is the boss of the boyfriend of my son's teacher, who also happens to be the boss of the best friend of my brother-in-law. Thank you for greeting us here, Rokujou-san." Kasuka spoke easily towards Chikage as the man alongside Kasuka was completely confused by everything.

"No worries, Hanejima-san! Always a pleasure to be of service!" Chikage replied leisurely, acting as if he was on a talk show when he was just greeting two customers at his shop. "So you wanted to know who I could supply for your new movie? I'm sure I could get a few girls together who would love to show their faces to the world. They're all lovely creatures, you know."

"I don't ever doubt that, Rokujou-san. The director wanted to bring new faces in and I knew from Kida-kun that you would be the perfect man to talk to." Kasuka spoke amicably with Chikage and the two exchanged words a bit before they roped the man with Kasuka into the conversation.

At the bar, watching them from afar, was Mairu. Although she was on the job, she continued asking for drinks. They were all on the house so she tried splurging a bit from selected wines that she wouldn't have on other occasions. Kururi wasn't with her at the moment as she was accompanying Aoba somewhere else. She heard something about the two being back at Anri's place for some reason, but she didn't care. Suddenly, she heard a small jingle that made her smile.

"Vorona-chan!" Mairu answered the phone in a perky tone. "Oh? You heard? Isn't it wonderful? I, myself, find it adorable. Oh, you just had to see it! Huh? You broke cover? Why…? Your target found out about you? Eh? They what? When? You are going after them, right? You can't just leave them alone."

After a long series of discussions, Mairu hung up the phone with a rather bewildered look on her face. She wasn't sure what to say about the conversation she just had and decided to keep quiet about it for the moment. Though she knew her sister would likely need to know first.

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There is no one in the room right now.
Mai-san has entered the room.
Kyo-san has entered the room.

Mai: Shock. (0_0)

Kyo: Same.
Kyo: Zero.

Mai: Words. (0_0)

Kyo-san has left the room.
Mai-san has left the room.
There is no one in the room right now.

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The first person who was depressed was Namie. She sat down on the sofa, looking at the number of unconnected calls she had made to her brother. Izaya was in front of his computer, far from the woman, tapping away madly. He hadn't said a word since a while ago.

"Ha! Take that!" He declared triumphantly but it was all a sham. He knew that.

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There is no one in the room right now.
Kanra-san has entered the room.

Kanra: Hold on!
Kanra: I am not enjoying this!
Kanra: And everyone read this already?
Kanra: Nope.
Kanra: Not happening.
Kanra: I am so deleting this.
Kanra: This does not make me happy.

Tanaka Taro-san has entered the room.

Tanaka Taro: By the way, Kanra-san?
Tanaka Taro: There's nothing you can do about that.
Tanaka Taro: Also, I'm home.

Tanaka Taro-san has left the room.

Kanra: And he rubs it in!
Kanra: Definitely deleting this.
Kanra: Don't expect to be able to read this conversation again.
Kanra: Punpun!

Kanra-san has left the room.
The conversation from Tanaka Taro-san to Kanra-san (53 lines) have been deleted.
There is no one in the room right now.

To Be Continued…