I'm back with more :3 Thank you to all of those who are reading, reviewing, favoriting, and following. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Anyway, please enjoy and review if you can! I had psychology class that was about dreams during the time I wrote this so a little sprinkle of psychology is in here I suppose xD AND phobias were also mentioned in my class, so it's just dash more of psyche :P
The hours tick by and I notice that I'm getting only moments of light sleep and then I awaken to the sound of thunder, then get startled by a sound much less loud than it such as Shizu-chan's light snoring or a sudden creak from the floor. It's this sensitization that makes me incapable to catch more than an hour or two of sleep before morning. Come morning, I find that Shizu-chan had left during the time I had managed to fall asleep since the storm had passed.
"Where did Shizu-chan head off to?"
"He said he needed to head to work. Did you sleep alright? The thunder was pretty violent last night." Shinra says as he heads into the kitchen, while I follow him so as to get my breakfast.
"My phobia prevented me from getting more than two or three hours of deep sleep."
"Well, it's a good thing the storm passed then. Wouldn't want you to become sleep deprived. Losing REM sleep is a horrible thing; you lose all those precious dreams." Shinra suddenly looks at me nervously. "Or whatever kind of dreams you have. Albeit that they have something to do with causing mischief and poking Shizu-chan's buttons."
"Ah, you seem to know me far too well." I say as my tail sways back and forth mischievously.
"Oh, I have something for you that you might like." Shinra suddenly says happily. He heads back into the living room and fetches a fishing rod-like toy that has a feathery object at the end. He grins a bit too casually before moving the object back and forth. My eyes lock onto the feathery thing, moving with it swiftly before I lunge at it instinctively. Though I thought I caught it, when I open my hands they're empty. "I knew you'd like it."
Shinra and I have our "fun" for a while until I tire and lie on the floor, completely exhausted.
"Shinra, you're having way too much fun with this." I say angrily.
"Ah, on the contrary I'm pretty stressed out with the research I have to do to find a cure…I'm going to be analyzing the samples you two gave me. So, I'm gonna be very busy today. I bet you have a lot to do too." Shinra says as he puts away the toy. "You can head out if you want. Cats are sort of nature's little explorers, so I'm sure you're itching to get outside and wander."
"Might as well…" I say as I open the front door.
"Oh, and Izaya-kun?"
"Yes, Shinra?" I ask tediously.
"Please try not to make Shizuo angry today."
"You're asking way too much, Shinra. Besides, even by the sight of me the brute gets angry. What am I supposed to do, turn invisible?"
"Just try to avoid him as much as possible okay?" Shinra says pleadingly.
"Sure, sure. I'll give it a shot." Granted, it'll be kind of difficult with him and Tom always travelling around Ikebukuro the whole day. And Shizu-chan seems to know where I am just by a certain scent that he detects. What kind of scent, I have the slightest idea. He tells me that I smell horrible, but I keep telling the protozoan that I take showers quite frequently.
Ah, but today looks really nice, despite yesterday being so cloudy and depressing. I hide my ears with my hood this time and try to hide my tail in my pants, but it just feels uncomfortable and probably looks quite ridiculous too. I make my way through the passing people and head over to Russian Sushi for a bite to eat. I'm even more in love with fatty tuna now that I'm part cat, but I've also acquired the taste for milk, which disturbs me. On the bright side, cats are said to only taste bitter things, which is within my likings.
"Hey Izaya! Is that you!?" I hear a voice say in a bubbly tone behind me. I turn around and see a girl, one who is usually with Kadota and his gang of friends. If I remember correctly, her name is Erika. And if I'm not mistaken, she and her friend Walker are very (if not completely) enthralled with manga, anime, and the like. Otakus are what they're called. Her friends are trailing behind her, trying to catch up as she approaches me enthusiastically. "It is you. If you're here Shizuo can't be far away!"
"I have no doubt about that. I'm not here to torment the brute today, unfortunately. I'm just picking up some breakfast."
"What's that behind you?" She observes suspiciously. I hide my tail as best that I am able, but to no avail. "Wow! Are you cosplaying or something? So cool!"
"Um…sure you can say that if you want." She's now probably indulging in one of her many fetishes.
"Heh, you're totally missing the ears though!" Walker says as he comes closer to me and points to my head. "Unless…" He removes my hood, quite rudely and swiftly I might add, and points at me excitedly. "No way! You're totally sporting the whole look, minus the whiskers and…"
"He has a collar!" Erika says lively. "Ohmygosh! Are you going to a convention or something? Or is this one of your secret hobbies?" If it was a secret why would I be like this in broad daylight? I mean, if I really was a secret cosplayer. Furthermore, why would this ever be one of my 'hobbies'? I don't even know why so many of my precious humans partake in such an activity.
"Man, I never thought you, of all people, would cosplay." Kadota says simply.
"Well, you learn something new every day. I should go. I have to—" I suddenly feel a strong tug on my tail making me clench with pain.
"It seems really attached…" Walker says as he continues to tug at my very sensitive tail. I snatch it away from him easily and turn to leave. "Well, have fun." I look back at them and suddenly realize that Erika is taking pictures of me. Wait until she sees that Shizu-chan is sporting a similar look. She's probably going to assume something very unnecessary and overly dramatic.
I head into the restaurant and sit at a booth comfortably; trying to recover from the mental strain I just went through. Dealing with those people always drains me.
"Hello Simon." I say as I look up at him.
"Ah Izaya, you're back! You order today?"
"Yes, I'll just get the usual fatty tuna, but for here today." I say as I check my messages on my phone.
"Coming right up." Simon says before leaving. I sigh as I look out the window. It's beautiful outside, crisp, sunny; just a feel-good kind of day. Unfortunately, the day doesn't seem to lighten my spirits. For years I've poked fun at the brute and it's only now that I've questioned what my reasons for doing them are. At first, I assumed that it was out of pure hatred; and also because I was always amused at how irritated Shizu-chan would be. Now, I'm not so sure that it was hatred or mischievous intentions at all. Maybe I…
"Here you go. Fatty tuna, just for you." Simon says happily. "Fighting bad, it make you very hungry, yes? No more fighting with Shizuo?"
"Tell that to him." I say with a laugh. "Even if I did want to stop fighting he'd still hate me. Thanks for the food Simon."
"No problem. Eat, eat." Simon persuades me as he leaves. He'd still hate me even if he remembered. He was mad at me when I told him. He thought I was lying, though I suppose he had every right to think so since all I've ever done is lie. A confession is a serious thing, why would I lie about it?
"Still…you can't teach an old dog new tricks…especially if he's been so used to the old ones…the ones he knows the best, the ones he's comfortable with." I say to myself as I start eating.
Shizuo's POV
Turns out Tom is pretty worried about me, so he gave me the day off, said something about "taking a load off" and relaxing. Yesterday was hectic, to say the least. Damn flea. He made me look like an idiot. I start pacing around my living room angrily. This isn't helping me to relax, but I can't help but do this since I'm so upset.
"Every time I think I've got him cornered he finds some sort of way to escape." I say to myself as I punch the wall lightly. There's a bit of a dent in it from passed frustrations. I just feel better if I can punch something rather than bottle it inside or scream inside a pillow. Suddenly the phone rings and so I answer it, sounding more bored than I really mean to.
"Hi Ni-san." I hear Kasuka say in his usual monotone voice.
"Kasuka…what's going on?" I ask curiously. Isn't he busy working on a new movie?
"I just wanted to call to see how you were doing." He says simply. "And, I was thinking if you have some free time this weekend, maybe we can hang out. I finally have some time off work, so I thought it would be a good opportunity for us to spend some time together."
"Um…" I say as I notice my tail is wagging happily. I shake my head in disbelief. This is really bad timing. I mean…good timing because I have some time off too, but bad timing because right now…I'm a fucking dog! I can't let him see me like this… "That sounds great." I say dully.
"Alright then, I'll see you on Sunday morning, let's say nine o'clock?"
"Yeah that sounds great…"
"Alright see you then." Kasuka says before hanging up.
"FUCK!" I say loudly after I hang up the phone gently. I run my fingers through my hair before checking my messages on my phone. I have one unread message from Shinra; that idiot. I read it aloud to myself. "Need to see you both today again. Sorry for the inconvenience, but just want to inform you both on some things before I leave you two to your own devices." I sigh and get my pack of cigarettes before heading out the door.
As I lock my door I hear to distinct girl voices. I immediately recognize the annoying voices as Mairu and Kururi and then I hear his voice. I would have gladly preferred "his voice" to mean God's voice (even if I'm not so religious) instead of the parasite's.
"You're copying our style Ni-san!" Mairu says angrily as she points her index finger at the flea. Izaya doesn't seem too bothered by them, but looks can be deceiving, especially if it's Izaya.
"Copy." Kururi repeats dully.
"Will you two brats be quiet?" Izaya says with an annoyed expression. "I told you, these ears are real; the tail too."
"No way! You're lying." Mairu says as Kururi gets behind her big brother and tugs at his tail, making him flinch uncomfortably. "Kururi what do you think?"
"Hey get away from my tail!" Izaya says as he turns around and glares at the twins. "Look, believe whatever you wish, at least I know the truth."
"Ni-san enough with the games, you said you would take us somewhere today."
"I said nothing of the sort." Izaya says simply as he massages his aching tail.
"Well, let's just pretend you were a really nice brother and promised to take us somewhere, hmm?" Mairu says bitterly. Izaya looks a little taken aback by the sudden remark but then calms himself and sighs.
"Fine, where do you two want to go then?"
"To the amusement park!" Mairu says happily. Kururi nods in agreement with a smile.
"Let me rephrase the question, where do you two want to go that's not unreasonably unattainable." Izaya says dully.
"Fine…can we go see Yuhei?"
"No, what did I just say?!" Izaya says as he face palms himself. I smirk at this. Seeing him get frustrated is probably going to become my favorite pastime. He sighs and then runs his fingers through his hair. "If only Shinra gave me lion's blood, then you two wouldn't act so disobedient around me." I barely hear him whisper to himself. "Listen, we're going to the park. End of story."
"That's a real stupid ending for a story." Mairu protests. "We want to go somewhere fun! Don't you know what that is?!"
"I wouldn't know; spending the day with you two is never fun! So how the heck would I know!?" The twins suddenly go silent and then their eyes start to water. Izaya then sighs again before patting their heads. "Look, I'm just stressed because of my work. I'm sorry." Izaya apologized? There's so many ways that that seems wrong to me. It seemed so out of place. I push my sunglasses up to the bridge of my nose as I watch the three head off somewhere.
"I could…follow them…" I say to myself as I look at the three walking happily, well minus Izaya. I nod and decide to trail after them. "Shinra did say to head back to his place whenever we could. Might as well follow Izaya and then head over there with him." The plan made sense in my head, so I went with it.
While watching the three siblings, I noticed how Izaya was merely spending time with them rather than having fun with them. He was there, but he was just sort of going along with by force. He didn't really smile much either, but it seemed like he was doing all this crap—shopping, watching a movie, eating dinner, and relaxing with them—because he didn't want to make them sad. He seemed to care a little bit about them despite him being a total prick.
After they left Izaya sat on a bench by the water fountain for a while just watching people go by. His ears suddenly twitch as if he picked up some sort of sound. He turns and looks at me with a smirk.
"Ah Shizu-chan, I didn't notice you standing there. Have a seat." He says as he pats the seat beside himself.
"Actually, Shinra probably already sent you a text, but just in case he didn't, he wants us to head over to his place to discuss…things…" I say simply.
"Ah, you're being so well-behaved, Shizu-chan. For, what seemed like two and half hours you just watched me and my little sisters hang out together." I flinch and suddenly get kind of angry. He knew I was here? Little louse, acting like he didn't know!
"Yeah, well, no use fighting while we're like this."
"Actually, wouldn't it make more sense to be fighting while we're like this since dogs and cats don't get along?"
"Shut up, flea." I say as I grab a cigarette out of the pack and light it.
"Such a disgusting habit." Izaya comments icily. He sighs and then gets up before heading off in the direction of Shinra's apartment. I follow him as I smoke my cigarette, probably annoying him to no end.
A/N: Who loves big brother Izaya? xD Everybody has a fetish over pulling Izaya's tail xD Pffft, I think Shizuo was a bit jealous :3 Even if he thought it was funny. Anyway, please review :D