When the days are cold
And the cards all fold

Izaya was watching as the drunk man hovered over Mayumi, making her whimper. She was too shocked to scream, and she didn't know what to do. "P-Please stop!" She yelled, and Izaya chuckled. He wasn't going to let this go all the way. That wouldn't be fun at all.

No, that wouldn't be.

So what Izaya did was completely different. He wrote on the webpage of the Dollars webpage. There's a girl who's yelling from her house, I think something's wrong, and I think she needs our help!

That was going to be enough for Mikado Ryugamine, also known as the leader of the Dollars to react. Mikado was a high school boy, soft spoken and timid. And no one would believe it if they found out that Mikado led the most prominent Dollars gang, which chose its members through the internet. Mikado was online when Izaya posted the alert on the webpage. He was shocked when he read it, and as he wanted to help the people, he commented a reply. Where is her house?

Izaya was surprised with how fast Mikado had replied, and he chuckled. The drunk man had succeeded in removing Mayumi's shirt, and he struggled with her skirt. Her hands paralyzed. And in roughly ten minutes after Izaya posted the girl's address, he hopped out of the window and chuckled before yelling, "Have fun!"

And just a minute later, a stone was thrown through the window. Mayumi panicked and gathered all her strength and kicked the man away from her, and she ran into her room and locked the door. She checked her phone, her hands still shivering and she dialed Celty's number and waited till someone answered. Then she gasped as she realized that Celty didn't have a head.

Before she cut the call, someone answered and said, "Mayumi!"

Shizuo ran as fast as he could, feeling both anger and fear. Anger at Izaya, which he would normally feel, but this time it was more intense, since he had picked on someone who Shizuo had his eyes set on. This was why he didn't want Mayumi close to him. Shizuo knew that Izaya picked on Mayumi because it would irritate or make Shizuo feel vulnerable. And fear for her safety.

He saw Celty driving toward him and he knew he couldn't stop, but the Dullahan carried the blonde and placed him behind her in her bike, and handed him her phone. As soon as Shizuo saw who it was, he picked the call and yelled, "Mayumi!"

There wasn't any answer but only a sob. "Mayumi, are you alright?" Shizuo asked, his voice dripping with anger. "Shi-Shizuo…help me…" She cried. She felt ashamed and exposed. She felt utterly useless. She felt all those feeling she had felt when her parents died. Shizuo grunted and said, "Wait there, I'm coming." But Mayumi shook her head and whimpered. "There's t-this man here…he…he tried t-to…he tried to-""Mayumi, please. Listen to me." Shizuo spoke and Mayumi gulped.

"No one will hurt you." He said, and the girl believed him.

She knew she could place trust in his words, since she loved him after all. But he didn't love her. And if he loved her after all that happened to her, she still won't feel happy. He would love her only out of pity and not actual love and that wasn't what she needed. No matter how much it hurt her, she wanted him to love her for who she was, and love out of pity wasn't something she looked forward to.

Shizuo barged into Mayumi's house, with Celty following him closely behind. He found a man, fallen face down in front of Mayumi's room. Shizuo growled and Celty carried the drunk man away. She typed and showed it to Shizuo and it said, Go to her, she needs help more than this man needing a beating.

Shizuo agreed and he knocked on the door.

Mayumi gasped when she heard a knock on the door. "Mayumi." It was Shizuo. She opened the door and he found that her clothes were torn, and her hair messed up. Her face was smeared with her tears and she was sobbing. "S-Shizuo-"The man pulled the girl to his chest and cradled her as she cried. She needed him now. And she hugged him as tightly as she could and wept. She was pained and she felt useless because she couldn't even defend herself.

"Mayumi-""Shizuo…you…you always save me." She said, and hugged him tighter. He didn't know where this was going. She gulped once and pulled away only to wipe her tears. Shizuo stared at her petite form, and he blinked once. "You always save me." She said, and Shizuo listened. "But it doesn't change the fact that I am the reason for you needing to be saved." Shizuo said quietly, almost not feeling like himself. Shizuo Heiwajima was always a man of pride. Now that he was speaking in such a manner shocked him, and it felt alien.

"But, you do save me." She said, once more and then the most bizarre thing happened. She looked up at him and placed her palms on his face. She stood on her tip toes and pulled him closer, and the male did nothing to stop her.

Celty walked outside with the drunk wanting to leave the two alone.

Mayumi kissed him with all she had. Shizuo stood there unmoving, and he felt her put her arms around him. He didn't want to push her away, and he knew she herself would let him go. And she did, when she ran out of breath. "I love you." She told him, and Shizuo did nothing but sigh.

"You should leave this place." Were the next set of words that left his mouth.

When someone explains to you about heart break, telling you how it hurts you so much you cannot eat nor sleep? No, it pains you even worse. Mayumi placed her hands on her mouth, and turned away from Shizuo. "I can't." She said, and Shizuo sighed. He watched her, as her heart broke, and he felt extreme discomfort. It was as if what he told her he wanted to take back but he knew it was for her own good.

"But-""I love you, Shizuo." She said, and turned to look at him once more, staring at him with her sincere eyes. Shizuo sighed and grunted. "Do you know what kind of demon I am?" He asked her and Mayumi gasped.

"I can kill you by snapping you with just one hand." He said, gritting his teeth.

Mayumi stared at the different version of Shizuo. The more angry one. The one that threw the trash can on her.

The version of Shizuo that could kill her.

She didn't move.

"I don't think you'll kill me. I know you won't." She said, and Shizuo punched the wall, making it crack, and Mayumi gasped. "Stay away from me, I am-""You're not the only demon, Shizuo!" She yelled and Shizuo stared at her as if she were mental. "You think you're a demon because you can lift things and can't control your anger, but you're wrong! What do you call someone who let their parents die? What do you call someone who watched as their parents burned right in front of them? What are they huh?" Mayumi yelled.

And the saints we see
Are all made of gold

Shizuo wasn't stupid enough to not understand with whom she had related this to.

"What do you call someone…who…even when knowing her parents loved her, wanted them dead…wanted them out of her life forever?" She collapsed on Shizuo and punched him softly on his chest.

"Because let me tell you one thing, Shizuo Heiwajima, you aren't anything close to this demon beside you…"

She breathed and pulled away. "I don't expect you to love me or even acknowledge me at all. I'm a monster…a sadist I don't deserve to-"Mayumi felt a sharp sting on her cheek and her eyes widened. Her right hand rushed to her cheek, and she stared at Shizuo's brown eyes, and then her gaze shifted to his lips as he spoke one small sentence.

"Move in with me."

A/N: Ooh, Shizuo!
So, he knows about her now. So what do you think is going to happen?
And, I was wondering if I should make this a IzayaxMayumixShizuo story, maybe at least a slight MayuZaya in between?
I don't know.
You tell me. :D
Review my dears~ :)