[Izaya's POV]

He let him die.. Izaya thought to himself again, not sure how to feel for a moment before he shared a look with Shizuo, who looked sick. Kasuka looked almost white as a sheet, eyes wide as he looked down the hallway as well, trying to see what was going on but being blocked by a door. Shara was still demanding answers where she stood, back to them but casting frequent glances behind her to make sure they were still in their places.

"Fuck.. Fuck!" she finally relented, casting one last glare at the group on the couches before running down the hallway and bursting through the door to where Nakura was laying. "What the fuck is going on!? Why haven't you-?" Shara's voice was cut off and there was a loud thud before it was quiet in the other room.

Everyone was silent, waiting, and all of them were staring at Kasuka, who was the only one sat in a chair such a way that he could see down the hall better than any of them could. He was silent too though, just watching the doorway as the rest of them began to hear footsteps. The constant beep had stopped as well, apparently one of them taking Nakura off the machine or just turning it off completely.

Shinra stepped out into the living room, his eyes not full of shame but not meeting anyone else's either. The doctor finally spoke up after a moment. "Nakura's dead. Shara is currently unconscious.. I wanted to consult you all before making a decision." he announced, clearing his throat before looking up to meet Izaya's eyes. The informant just worried his lip for a second as he thought, knowing the easy answer would be to get rid of her as well. It would be so much easier now too, she was already supposed to be dead so if they killed her then no one would go looking and they would definetly be in the clear.

But ruby eyes traveled over to his boyfriend, who still had a deep look of concern on his face as he supposedly watched Nakura where he lay and an unconscious captor, if Celty hadn't moved her yet. The informant frowned before standing to go over to him, putting his hand on his shoulder. "You alright?" Izaya muttered, not used to showing his caring in front of others but also not knowing if he should try to actually move him for this conversation as well. Everyone else respectively didn't watch them, Shinra drawing closer to Dong-Yul, who was still shocked into silence with his hands covering his face so no one could read his expression, while Shizuo looked like he was going to puke soon.

Kasuka finally turned away from where he'd been watching to see his boyfriend. "He's dead.." was all he replied with, obviously still in shock. Izaya furrowed his brow for a second, trying to feel the compassion his boyfriend probably did but just wasn't able to do it. He tried to kill us, you and then me, but you look like Shinra just murdered an angel.. Izaya tried to also jam it into his head that Kasuka wasn't familiar with dead.

Of course the actor wouldn't be; the closest he'd been to it was during his drama shows and maybe a murder-oriented film, nothing real. Nothing like this.

Izaya was, of course, the opposite. He could think about death on a daily basis, he used to as a matter of fact, but that didn't mean he entirely enjoyed it anymore. He was just so used to it, so desensitized.. He didn't think of the man in the other room as a person to begin with, he was on a small sliver of the population that he liked to think Shizuo was on, the sliver that held monstrosities. He'd been put there the moment he held a knife to Shinra, much before even this incident, which was why he had just done what he deemed sensible this entire time to get rid of him. Not done what he could to think that the man in the other room once had a life, one in shambles but a life, which was now gone with no way of returning.

But of course Kasuka did. He viewed people as people, just like he viewed his brother as a normal, well-meaning human being instead of a monster or even a fracture in common humanity. He hadn't been beaten down into thinking that death is just a part of life, whether natural or not. And despite the current circumstances, Izaya wished that he never would be.

The informant leaned down to wrap his arms around Kasuka's shoulders, holding him tightly as his boyfriend got his senses to him. "Yes, he's dead... It he wasn't, he was going to come back and do much worse to us than what started all this." Izaya muttered, trying to make him see the reason instead of the cause. If anyone was going to be yelled at for this, he didn't want it to be Shinra. The doctor had just done what he thought was right at the time and he didn't want him to lose a companion over it right now.

The ravenett just dropped his head at that though, head in his hands as Izaya released his shoulders and just lightly patted his back, trying to think of something to make him feel better. Anything to take his mind off of what was in the other room and what could happen in it soon, as well.

He didn't need to though, for Kasuka sat up a bit a moment later, still staring at the floor. "I want to go home.." was all he said, moving to stand and walk to the door, only pausing there to wait for someone to come with him. Shizuo and Izaya shared a look before the ravenett moved to follow his boyfriend to the door, passing Shinra with a small mutter. "You know my opinion on this. Just let me know what you all decide." he whispered before moving on, ignoring the distraught Dong-Yul in a seat beside the blond.

Izaya grabbed Kasuka's hand and held it tightly in his own as they began the journey to the informant's apartment.

Chapter 56!

Woohoo, the ending of this arc!

We all know what decision they're going to make, but I left it a bit open in case I wanted to change it last minute.

I tend to do that...

Like I was going to just make them relieved and move onto the fluff again, but then I realized that this is Kasuka - sweet, little Kasuka! No matter what that guy did, he was probably just thinking they could turn him into the police again and have him thrown in jail, not killed.

He's an actor, a damn good one, but that wouldn't make him able to completely ignore what had just happened. So, here we go!

A little bit of a sad ending, but we'll keep on going guys!

Us and them can push passed this!

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