Title: Things that change for better or for worse
Chapter 34: Change is Good
By: Sissy

Disclaimer: DRRR shall never belong to me otherwise there'd be more yaoi.
Warning: A bit more random things before we really finish things off.

"Well, I'm glad things worked out for you, Ryugamine-kun." The professor spoke amicably as he drank his tea. The two curious visitors had come to see Mikado's new workplace, though the assistant professor wasn't yet back on the clock. "Next time, though, please keep your private and work life separate. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but it's the professional thing to do."

"It's true, prof. But then it wouldn't be as hilarious as I've been told it was." The most annoying person in the room laughed as he pretended nothing had anything to do with him and he was simply a spectator. His girlfriend shook her head and sighed before smacking him on the head.

"I apologize, Mikado. It seems he just doesn't learn." She spoke quite easily in Japanese to Mikado as she sipped her tea. "Ooh, pretty good."

"No, it was my mistake, thinking that he wouldn't say something stupid like usual." Mikado sighed and stood up. "You have a class soon, right professor? Should we have a lecture regarding the classes on that side since we have guests?"

"Oh! Not a bad idea at all! What do you say? Would you like to teach a class with me?" The professor asked, in a sudden good mood. Mikado's injury had made his retirement and teaching of Mikado's post to be set back a bit but if he had guests today, his students might be more interested in class.

"Teach?" A sudden scoff brought a chill to their backs. Both Mikado and the 'hunny bunny' knew what the other was thinking. In its exact nature. "Awesome! I always enjoy bullying brats! Come on, Mikado! Show me where my victims are!" Pulling at the other, but making sure Mikado didn't trip on his crutch, both were out the door before either of the ones left behind had anything to say about the situation.

A soft sigh from both broke the silence. With a smile, she spoke up. "Well, shall we professor?" The professor nodded and stood up, picking up his materials for class with help from the other. Very soon, they were out the door in search for the other two.

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"Kida-kun… No, I suppose I should start calling you both by your first names so I don't confuse you. Masaomi-kun…" Anri started as she stared deeply into Masaomi's eyes. The host had a bright smile on his face and didn't seem to mind at all that his good friend was about to threaten him.

"Chill, Anri-chan! I was just joking about that! I just thought you should know!" Masaomi cryptically tried to ease her, though he was overjoyed by the fact that Anri was now calling him by his first name. "Is Mikado coming over? You should give him something soon too. I already gave him something and I heard Yuuhei-san did too."

"Well, I suppose. But I will not do the same thing you did, Masaomi-kun." She sighed when she remembered how Shizuo nearly threw Masaomi out the window the moment Mikado had opened the present his best friend had gotten him. Erika had no doubt enjoyed it as she mentioned something along the lines of getting him the same thing but it still seemed cruel to tease the two like that.

"Oh! There's Saki. Well, off to see my lovely fiancée!" Masaomi grinned and quickly headed out of the store before Anri said anything else. He thought about his best friend and could only grin happily. Things were different now, true, but it still made him happy nonetheless to have his best bud around. "Yo Saki!" He answered the phone as he took the main road to the nursery.

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"So that's the kind of things that have happened?" Tom talked with Vorona while Shizuo took a step away from them in embarrassment. Vorona took the opportunity when her clients were with Mikado on campus to visit her other sempai. The whole moment was spent relating all the things that had happened between Mikado and Shizuo to Tom. "Well, Shizuo never tells me anything so I'm happy to hear this turn of events."

"He's a very hard worker, that one. They suit each other." Vorona said as calmly as ever but Tom could see that she had been glancing at Shizuo for a while now. The Russian woman always admired Shizuo so he supposed she was just a bit averse to seeing him with someone but he could also see that anything that made her previous sempai happy also made her happy.

"Oh, wait. That's the one that gave you that cake all those years ago, right?" Tom suddenly remembered and Shizuo nearly chocked himself on nothing but air. "Well that's nice. So you've been friends with him that long, eh? And just recently took a deep plunge into forbidden territory? So I suppose you haven't done him yet?"

As Shizuo nearly fell to the floor in shock, Vorona didn't miss a step and answered for her sempai. "He hasn't. Shizuo-sempai wouldn't do something to his beloved until he is all better again."

"Blind faith, right? I think so too. So when does he get his cast off? Oh, wait. I suppose we'll find out the day after." Tom teased his coworker and Vorona even smiled lightly but both kept quiet the moment they saw Shizuo kick a hole in the wall behind him. His face, all the way up to his ears, was red and the two watching couldn't help but let out a small laugh.

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"Come Ruka-kun! Make me happy!" Walker edged the boy on with a snack in his hands. If there was one thing he knew by now it was that Ruka was obsessed with sweets. But Erika wasn't about to lose to him.

"No, Ruka-chan! Believe in the BL!" Erika tried to do the same and the boy looked at the two adults with curiosity. They were in the middle of another bet with each other as Ruri watched curiously for the outcome. She had a bit of an inkling how this would turn out but decided to keep quiet for the moment.

It had started with the otaku pair deciding that they couldn't agree with the baby's gender, though they had decided to wait, and in order to one up the other they decided to get Ruka to decide. If he went with Walker, the baby was female. If he went with Erika, the baby would be twin boys. Ruka, however, had no idea what the two adults wanted, aside from trying to coax him with candy.

As the two called for the young boy, Ruka began to take his first step. In the direction Walker didn't want him to take. "Yes! Come this way, Ruka-chan! Make my BL fantasy come true!" Erika was overjoyed until Ruka tapped her belly happily. The simple act caused her confusion and she was stoned the moment Ruka took the sweets from her hands and ran over to Walker, effectively taking the candy from him as well before running off.

"Ruka loves sweets." Ruri reminded them both and stood up, leaving both soon-to-be-parents dejected.

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"I'll see you some other time, then." Celty said calmly and looked a bit sad to part from Mikado so she gave him a tight hug. Since she had already fulfilled her purpose in Ikebukuro, she was ready to return to her honeymoon. Of course, there was something else she had done but she wasn't about to say it at the moment. Only thinking about it made her smile.

"Celty-san?" Mikado looked at the Dullahan's face with a confused look, wondering what could have made her this happy. Her husband stood to the side with Shizuo, laughing as he remembered what had happened.

"I swear on my name that if you don't stop bothering Mikado then I'll devote the remainder of your life to making you miserable and preventing you from doing the things you love best. If you think what I did two years ago was bad and none of your business, how do you think your own life would look when I get serious?"

Shinra knew Celty wouldn't actually go through with it, but anyone with half a brain that remembered the chaos that his beloved brought would never try something dumb. At least, he hoped so. It was his friend they were thinking of after all. "Anything happens, you tell me right away. Got it?" Mikado quickly nodded in order to not get threatened himself and watched those four friends of his leave with Shizuo, Anri and Erika by his side. No one else had managed to come since they were busy but had offered their goodbyes beforehand.

"You know, I think it's time you got your own car instead of renting one all the time." Erika joked around as they left the airport in Anri's rental. Mikado stifled a laugh as Shizuo dozed off.

To Be Continued…