[Izaya's POV]

The two walked down the street holding hands once more, on their way to the castle so they could see what there was to see. For now they ignored the large abundance of food that was still calling out to them and just stayed at each other's side as they drew closer to it, seeing countless mobile shrines along the way, making them wonder why people went all the way to the castle to pray in the first place. I imagine the scenery is nice though, so that may be why.. Still not a whole lot of purpose though. he mused to himself, looking around at the people stopping the carts and putting their coins in with withdrawn interest.

They were lovely humans but really, he never understood a lot of customs that existed from them. As they finally made it inside the main gates he smiled, seeing a countless group of people all crammed together in front of him. While he did want to grimace from knowing they would both be shoved around in the process of getting through this crowd, looking around at all the different humans peaked his interest again, his eyes darting around the second one of his subjects became boring.

Kasuka didn't seem to mind all of his fluttering attention either, still just gripping his hand and throwing glances at him as they walked, probably to make sure he didn't smack right into a person or pole, and didn't trip on something to smash to the floor. The informant finally stopped glancing around once they made it to the middle of the yard, standing around the edge of it so they weren't completely caught up in the frey when they didn't want to be. For a minute he thought Kasuka was surveying the people like he was, he was slowly forcing Kasuka into the habit because the informant had such a knack for pointing out people that could leave the man in stitches if he wasn't so reserved. But when he looked at him, he noticed the man was just staring at him with a small smile.

Izaya blushed a bit before sitting on the edge of a planter, raised high enough to act like a bench. "I thought you would want to be over in line so we can give our blessings." he mused, honestly surprised that Kasuka hadn't even made an effort to go towards the shrines they'd seen, let alone the main one so close to them. Kasuka shrugged lightly before settling beside him and glancing at the line, looking about as disinterested as Izaya felt about the idea.

"I already know your opinion on religion, so I'm not going to force you in line with me. I'm pretty sure if there was some higher power, he or she wouldn't want something half-assed just because of social norms." Kasuka admitted, glancing at him with a warm grin before looking at a large group of school girls all happily and loudly giggling as they waited in line, each with a coin to donate. "Besides, as much as everyone seems to think this is fun, I've never seen the point." Izaya blinked in surprise at that, just realizing that he'd never formally asked what Kasuka's standings on religion were. The informant had always just said that he was a God and should be praised, and whether Kasuka believed in anything or not, he just went along with it, jokingly bowing and complimenting Izaya when prompted.

"How do you mean?" he asked, leaning on his side lightly and listening. Kasuka glanced at him like he was surprised the other ravenett even asked, but kept smiling. He gave a small shrug.

"Well, I dunno if there are kami or not.. If there are then they did a wonderful job making this place. But, uh.. I just think having to go somewhere to pay your respects is pretty dumb. If you believe in them and praise them and look up to them, I think a god would know that - whether your standing over there in line or not." he answered simply, looking embarrassed at his own explanation. Izaya looked at him for another moment before nodding lightly and looking out at the people in front of them, leaning his head on Kasuka's shoulder.

"That does make sense... Sadly, I'm the best this world has at the moment. Maybe the next God will have better ESP, ne?" Izaya chuckled, looking up to see Kasuka shaking his head again in amusement.

"The next one will still be nowhere as good though. You're too special to ever replace." Kasuka murmured before giving him a peck on the cheek, smirking and standing up when Izaya's face lit up brightly. He opened his mouth to snap at the man for being so mushy but he was interrupted when a group of girls ran up to them, practically shoving Izaya away from his boyfriend as they swarmed him. He panicked for a moment, not knowing what they wanted before he remembered just how famous Kasuka was around Japan and probably outside of it. It was a mystery to him how the man hadn't been picked out before this.

But now he had no way of reaching his boyfriend without shouting over a crowd and he frowned slightly, thinking that wouldn't even do any good other than get the girls attention on him and have them either try to kill him for being so close with Kasuka or ask who the hell he was and have some kind of cover blown for them. The two hadn't even come out as a 'straight' couple to their co-workers yet, and not as a regular couple to their friends and family yet, Shizuo not included - there was no way Izaya was going to throw the truth of their beloved Yuuhei being gay at them.

So he watched in irritation as Kasuka was continuously swarmed by his fans, the ones here probably calling their friends to get them to come as well, seeing as it continued to get more crowded around their little area by the minute. The actor threw him sorry glances whenever he could as he tried to get through with what his fans wanted as quickly as he could, but they just kept coming and after half an hour of patiently waiting, Izaya couldn't simply stand there any longer with the mass of people shifting towards him once they had no other places to crowd.

Izaya sighed softly and looked around before escaping the shrine area by scooting around the edge of the yard until he reached the main entrance, getting out all the way out to the street and taking a deep breath as he walked around for a moment. Once he was away from the crowds, he searched through the folds of his yukata - he was still wearing the one Kasuka had gotten him and Kasuka was currently wearing a similar one, though his just had simple stripes along it with a green sash instead - until he found his phone, pulling it out and sending Kasuka a text.

[I'll meet you back in the hotel. Be safe.]

And with that, he left on his own back towards where they were staying, now feeling a lot smaller as he walked down the unfamiliar streets on his lonesome.

Izaya had reached their hotel with no problems, remembering quite well which turns they had made to reach the castle, and got to the lobby before he realized he didn't want to go up to their room alone. He frowned to himself before searching around and being admitted into one of their mineral baths, curling up in the hot water and calming himself down for a while. While he wished he could do it with Kasuka instead of by himself, it did help a bit and he only got out once it was advised that being in any longer could be bad for him.

He slipped back into his yukata and debated if he should go back yet. A look at the local news that was playing on one of the screens in the lobby told him no, he did not want to go back, since Kasuka was still held up at the festival, now with a camera shoved in front of his face for a small report on what he thought of the event and castle. Having seen Kasuka's truly happy expression before, it now almost bugged him when he saw the fake smiles he would give for the camera or when he was completely neutral, only shreds of emotions being in his eyes like when Izaya had first met him.

The informant stood there for a moment just watching his boyfriend push through the unwanted interview and sighed before traveling to the elevator anyway, not having anything he wanted to do on his own somewhere. It wasn't like they were avoiding being caught, it would be almost impossible if they had, but it still would have been nice if they'd been left alone for just a little while longer. Now his Kasuka had been taken from him with no one's damn permission...

Izaya frowned before getting into their room and curling up where he laid on their bed, hoping Kasuka would be back soon so they could just block out the world again.

Chapter 16!

Alright, I lied - this isn't the end of the date. But it's pretty damn close!

I think the next chapter will be the definite end of the date, with a little dash of drama and something special just for you guys ;)

And yeah, I wanted to keep the whole entire thing fluffy, but what's wrong with just a little needy/possessive!Izaya?

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