A/N: Oh man, thank you guys so much for reviewing. It really makes my day every time I see that someone reviewed or favorite/put it on alerts or even just looked at it. You guys make writing my stories even more worthwhile that me just coming up with them.

I think I kept them in character for the most part so far. Izaya seems slightly OOC but I promise there's an explanation in later chapters. Feel free to take a guess.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment. Haruka glanced at the two silent people behind her. Tom was frozen in his place and tossed a worried gaze at Shizuo. Shizuo's eyes were hidden behind his bangs but she could see the trembling of his shoulders. It looked to her like he was laughing demonically.

'Oh yeah…' Haruka thought, remembering her days in high school. She especially remembered the fun she had watching their parkour fights and cheering for whomever she pleased…and then randomly falling asleep somewhere along the way, typically forcing Izaya to withdraw from the fight to get her to safety.

Haruka was brought from her thoughts with a couple of pokes at the ticklish spot of her side. She looked up only to see the smirk on Izaya's face. She knew then that he knew this meeting would happen. He probably sent that driver to almost run her over, somehow predicting that Shizuo would be nearby and would jump in the way. He probably left out the Shizuo detail when informing the poor man though.

"I get it. I get it. I'll move out of your way," Haruka huffed, sluggishly walking to the side she deemed to be a safe zone, tugging Tom along with her, as Shizuo roared and threw a newspaper dispenser at Izaya.

Haruka watched in fascination at the extreme fight that ensued. "Amazing. Simply amazing," she sighed dreamily, "Shizuo-kun is sooooo strong! It's still fascinating to watch him even after all these years."

Tom stared at her in surprise. Most people feared Shizuo's amazing strength. And yet this tiny, seemingly fragile woman was in awe of it. "Shizuo-san hates his strength. He hates that he can hurt people. He hates violence," Tom stated.

"Of course he does! Even I can see that in his perpetually angry scowl," Haruka scoffed, rolling her eyes. "Shizuo-kun is just one big, cute, cuddly teddy bear with anger management issues~!"

Tom nearly fell over at her strange comparison and how cheerfully and bluntly she said it.

Just then, Haruka shoved Tom aside and then twirled out of the way of a lamppost.

"Ooooooiiiiiii~! Iiiiiiizaaaaayaaaaa-kuuuuun~!" Haruka drawled in a Shizuo-like manner, her hands curved around her mouth in an attempt to sound louder than she was. "Could you cut this short? I wanna go eat lunch at that cutesy maid café near the apartment. Preferably before I fall asleep again."

Izaya sighed and retracted his blade. "You heard the lady, Shizu-chan. Let's call it a day." Izaya smirked as another street light came flying in his direction. He gracefully dodged and snatched Haruka's hand as he scampered away from the murderous blonde.

"See ya, Shizuo-kun!"

"See ya, Shizu-chan!"

The two called out simultaneously before they disappeared into the crowd and out of sight.

Shizuo let out a furious growl. 'This is all that girl's fault,' he thought as Tom calmed him down.