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Chapter 12

Izaya's POV

I was sitting in the living room, browsing T.V. channels when I heard whispering coming from the kitchen.

Usually I would go and investigate, but this has become a common occurrence.

I would be in the bedroom or the living room trying to occupy myself, when I'd hear voices. It was Shizu-chan and Dotachin.

The first time I heard this, I followed the noise to the kitchen, I couldn't make out what they were saying, I think they were talking in a foreign language, I'd never heard anyone talk with an accent like that before.

When I approached them, they just stopped mid sentence and greeted me like nothing had happened. This has been going on for a few days now.

But that's not the weird part, usually Shizu-chan senses my presence right away, he notices everyone's presence before they even enter the room, I've never been able to surprise him or sneak up on him, but I was standing in the entrance of the kitchen for several minutes before he realized I was there.

It's been a week since the Hiroshi incident, I haven't gone to school since, and it gets really bored here, considering all Shizu-chan does these days is talk to Dotachin.

I don't see my psychiatrist anymore, my daily sessions ceased a couple days ago. Those appointments usually took up 3 hours of my day, so I guess I'll just have to do something else to pass the time.

I turned off the T.V. and looked around for something to do. My eyes scanned the room at least fifty times before my eyes landed on the door.

Contemplating it for a few minutes, I decided to go for a walk. I was about to tell Shizu-chan, but when I heard whispering I decided to just leave and return before he notices I'm gone, his conversations with Dotachin usually last a few hours.

I got up from the couch and put on my shoes and jacket and heading out the door.

I wandered around the city for about fifteen minutes before I came across a nice bench positioned in front of a fountain. I sat down and let my mind wander. But the only thing I could think about was Shizu-chan's behavior.

Why is he being so secretive? What where they talking about? The fact that they were whispering made it clear that I wasn't supposed to know about it. And it must be really important if Shizu-chan can't even sense me coming.

That's it, I need to stop thinking about it, I have a habit of overthinking things so much I get paranoid, I think up the most horrible outcomes and the worst situations, when in reality, it's not that much of a big deal and in the end I feel so relieved … and stupid.

So I changed the subject.

Maybe I should visit Shinra and –

Woah, I think… I think something just moved inside of me.

There it is again.

The demon, the baby, it nudged me. I put both my hands on my stomach, I felt it again. I began to gently rub circles near my belly button. "Do you like that"? I whispered. It moved in response.

And it suddenly hit me. 'I have a living being inside me, growing moving, I am keeping it alive. I'm it's mother.

This whole time I've been afraid of it. I tried not to think about it. But feeling it inside me, I couldn't help but smile. The little guys growing on me.

I spent a while communicating with my child, when I noticed it had gotten considerably dark and not many people were hanging around anymore, I could see why, it looked like it was going to rain.

I checked my phone for the time. It was really late. I'd been out here for hours just talking to my baby. I probably looked like an idiot just sitting here rubbing my stomach and smiling.

I got up and began my walk to Shizu-chan's. Frowning at the realization that he probably hasn't even noticed my absence.

I was about a couple blocks away from 'home' when I felt something cold and wet land on the back of my neck, I pulled my hood over my head and began to pick up my pace.

I was jogging by the time I could see Shizuo's place, and I was about to start running but someone grabbed me from behind. I was pulled into an alley, and slammed up against a cold brick wall. My arms were pinned on either side of me as my attacker leaned in and whispered in a threatening tone, "Give me your money".

"I- I don't have any money". I mumbled and whimpered as the hold on my arms tightened into a bruising grip.

"I'm going to ask you one more time", he growled. "Give me your money". He waited a few seconds for me to answer, and when all he got in return was silence, he grabbed my shoulders and jammed his knee into my stomach. I fell to my knees with my arms wrapped around myself, as a harsh kick had me rolling onto my side. I lifted my arms up to my face to protect myself but no further hits came. Instead I heard a loud snap and a thump as a body hit the ground.

I slowly peeked out from behind my arms. The lowlife who grabbed me was lying on the ground with an unusually twisted neck and dead eyes staring at the brick wall in the opposite direction in which his body was facing.

I just looked at him, not believing what just happened. He's dead. But how? It was then a pair of black boots blocked my view of the dead man, bringing me out of my shocked state. A hand was held out in front of my face, offering help to stand up. I reluctantly took it, standing up and coming face to face with my savior.

He looked familiar. I stood there for a while, not sure if he was going hurt me or not. A few minutes passed and once I was sure he wasn't going to do anything, I decided that it would be rude if I didn't at least thank him, I opened my mouth to speak but he beat me to it.

"Don't mention it", he spoke softly. And with that he turned and began walking away, curious about the stranger, I rounded the corner after him, expecting to see his retreating form, but I was instead greeted with an empty street.

Gone. He just disappeared, there were no open shops or restaurants for him to wader into, no vehicles to pick him up.

So maybe he was like Shizuo, maybe he was a demon.

I let my mind wander, thinking about the stranger with the familiar face who saved my life as I walked the rest of the way to Shizuo's.

It was late when I arrived, and I found myself hesitating at the door. I didn't want Shizuo to question me on how late it was, I didn't want to tell him what happened, knowing Shizuo he wouldn't let me out of the house alone again, with my luck he was probably already out looking for me.

Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and walked in, freezing on the spot after only seven steps into the room.

Only a few feet away from me, standing right next to Shizuo was the stranger, the one who disappeared.

"Izaya," Shizuo whispered, looking relieved, he was beside me in seconds, an arm around my waist, while his free hand cupped my cheek. "It's late, where were you"? He asked.

"I was, I uh…" I trailed off, distracted by the man whom I still don't know the name of. He stared back at me, no show of emotion present on his face. Shizuo seemed to realize who had my attention and began to explain.

"This is my younger brother Kasuka, he just stopped by for a visit". He gestured towards my savior. I nodded in response. Not once taking my gaze off of Kasuka. Shizuo however, failed to notice our little staring contest and wrapped me up in a hug and proceeded to question me.

"Where were you?" He asked. Loosening his grip one me slightly. "I was just out for a walk, I guess I lost track of time". He nodded and motioned for someone to come over to us. Shinra stepped out from behind Kasuka.

He moved forward, coming towards me.

Shinra? Why was he here? Why is Shizuo's younger brother here? Where's Dotachin?

I was pulled from y thoughts by a sharp pain in stomach. I threw my arms around myself, hunching over, I almost fell on my knees, but Shizu-chan was there, holding me.

"IZAYA! Hey, are you okay? What's wrong? Izaya?" I shook my head, I didn't know what was wrong, it just hurts. I don't know why…

But I do.

In the alley, my attacker, he kneed me in the stomach.

That bastard hurt my child.

A/N: Sorry this took so long, and it's a bit rushed, I flew out to visit my family and didn't have enough time to write anything, things were a little hectic, but I'm back now and I will continue to update regularly. I have also noticed that when I post a new chapter it still only shows that this story has 11 chapters, and I don't really know why but it bothers me, it probably won't be like that forever but I thought i should ask just in case anyone knows how to fix it.

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