16. When she hears fighting, Mai unconsciously quickens her pace, gradually accelerating into a mad dash to the main street in time to see a battered and dented yield sign slide across the concrete. She whips her head to the right and takes off running toward the two fighting men in the middle of the crosswalk. This is insanity and reckless, she knows that, but she's chosen to ignore the voice of reason in her head. After all, conflict doesn't end without risk, she thinks and makes a beeline for the narrowing gap between her friends.
"Stop it already!" She yells, forcing her way between them.
There's no pain, not at first, and when it comes, it's slow and cold. It only burns when her fingers twitch, the muscles shifting around the knife embedded in her forearm. Izaya and Shizuo are both frozen, staring at her in astonishment, but she glares at them, one after the other. Then she slowly moves her arm away from the info broker, sliding the knife out of her skin with as much dignity as she can.
But agony wins out over dignity and she screams, cradling her bleeding arm to her chest and shouting angrily, "You unbelievable bastards!" She doesn't see when Simon arrives on the scene because she's too busy yelling at her idiots. Izaya has an insufferable smirk on his face while Shizuo has the decency to be concerned. Part of her feels bad for that, but then she remembers this is his fault, too, no matter who was holding the knife.
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Author's Notes: Oh, boy….
Ghost Hunt is owned by Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada.
Durarara! is owned by Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda, and Akiyo Satorigi.