[Izaya's POV]

The informant settled back down with his two sisters after a moment of bickering with them, now back in their hotel room after talking with Shinra. I really should have been more adamant with them about needing to leave with Shizu-chan.. They're stubborn but if I say it's important then they would have listened at least a little bit, right? Maybe.. Probably not. he concluded to himself, mindlessly holding onto the 3DS when it was put into his hands for a round of Mario Kart. He glanced down at it, then at his pocket as he wondered if Kasuka was worried yet. The informant bit his lip. He can wait a couple minutes longer.

Izaya put a smile on his face as he played with his sisters, beating Kururi by a landslide until he moved into the path of obstacles on purpose, getting into second place at the end so he could hand off. "Wow, Iza-nii. That last minute really threw you off, huh?" Mairu wondered aloud, smiling as she took the controller. Even with the innocent look on her face, all three of them knew he threw the match on purpose.

"Yeah, it did. Those blue shells are just murder." he commented back, letting them pick a course for their own duel match while he took out his phone to check it again. In the five minutes it took to win second place, he'd already gotten another text from the actor and he physically held in a sigh as he opened them up. Just tell him the truth, it's not like he can't handle it.

[Hey, is everything okay now? How did it go with the kid?] - [Iza-chan?]

Izaya couldn't help smiling a little when he read his nickname, compelled to just call the other and actually talk to him but holding back because his sister would question.. Well, everything. He started typing back.

[Everything is handled for the moment. We scared the kid but thing's happened and Shizu-chan is going to double check on him. He's not hurt though, so don't worry about that.] Izaya sent, waiting patiently for a reply as he got handed the device by Kururi again. Despite loving the game to death, the more athletic of the twins just wasn't very good at it, losing almost constantly and often getting teased by Mairu that she should never attempt to actually drive when they were older. He played through one more course, Rosalina's Ice World, before getting a text back.

[What kind of 'things' happened? Are you okay?]

[Yeah, I'm perfectly fine. We just got scared, that's all. The kid had sent us another grenade, this time in a package, and thinks that he got his toy one mixed up with a real one.. We dunno if he really did, but Shinra and the others are handling it. I'm with my sisters right now.] Please don't ask to meet them…

[Your sisters? Where are you, why are you with them when Shinra's dealing with a grenade!?]

Before Izaya could reply to him, another text came.

[In the nicest way, of course…] The informant couldn't keep himself from rolling his eyes.

[Yeah, in the nicest way, I was worried about them getting blown up. They were the ones that picked up the package because it was in front of my apartment door. I'm with them in a hotel right now, completely safe. Don't worry about us. And please don't go to Shinra's right now, I don't want you near explosives…]

He clicked send, ignoring the blush on his face until he realized both of his sisters were staring at him. "What?" the informant demanded.

Both of them were smiling brightly for once. "Iza-nii, who's that?" Kururi asked, for once her voice above a whisper. Mairu leaned in curiously.

"Is it a friend? A giiirlfriend~?" the other prompted, eyebrow bouncing up a little as they both stared at him. Somehow the informant didn't blush any harder from their comments, cool and collected as they watched him.

"And just why would you think that?"

"Because you were smiiiling, and doing facial stuff while you read. You almost never do that, so you must either really dislike them or really like them." Mairu claimed, the twin beside her nodding.

"Smile meant you like them." Kururi concluded, grin getting just a bit wider as she turned to look at him more directly. "Who is it?"

"It's no one, guys."

"It has to be someone!"

"No-"

"Yup!"

"It's not anyone-"

"Iza-nii, what's her name?"

"It's not.. They're not.."

Mairu jumped up suddenly.

"Alright.. What's his name then?" she asked, adjusting her glasses with the other hand on her hip. When Izaya didn't answer immediately, they all knew he was caught. The informant took a deep breath as his phone beeped again. Both of his little sisters waited patiently for him to grab his phone, Izaya doing so after a moment of wondering how to get out of this. He couldn't really think of a way to avoid it; they were between him and the door, the window obviously wasn't an option, and if he left now without answering them then they would snoop around on their own and possibly stumble into or find something even worse than who the hell his boyfriend is.

Still, they're huge fans of his.. If I tell them that I'm dating Yuuhei Hanejima then they might kill me to get rid of competition. If they don't then they'll ask me a bunch of inappropriate stuff, and probably try to force me into giving them pictures of him. Like that would happen... I could just tell them his real name, but then they might find him on Google anyway and want to meet him, then I'll be busted in person. It's a lose-lose situation.. again.

The ravenett looked down at the screen to check his message, when he read it over again he fought off a smile.

[Alright, as long as you're safe then it's okay.. Stay with them as long as you want, then come over to my place, okay? If you need it then I'll grab your laptop but you're not going anywhere even remotely dangerous. Got it?]

[Yeah, I got it. I'll be home in about an hour, I'll text you if it changes. Love you.] the informant typed quickly, leaning away from his sisters and clicking send as they tried to jump forward and read what he had typed.

"Iza-nii, you put a heart at the end! Did you say 'I love you' too? What's your lover's name!?" Mairu demanded loudly, practically jumping for the phone as he put it into the inner pocket of his jacket, zipping it up and shielding himself from the curious demons before him.

"N-No, I didn't! And it's none of your business!"

"You totally did!"

"The contact said 'Kasu-kun'.."

"Kasu-kun, huh? Iza-nii, when can we meet Kasu-kun!?"

Oh, just kill me already...

Chapter 99!

Once again, not that great, but I got something up!

I hope you don't mind how slow this is going at the moment, I'm doing the best I can right now.

Sleep hasn't been coming easy to me and my appetite kinda went with it, so it's constant yawning and 5-minute naps for me since Saturday.

In case you haven't noticed, we're just one update away from having 100 chapters in this bad boy, a huuuge achievement for me and my attention span. I would say that it's just a treat knowing I can do something like this, but really it's only a treat when I know you guys are reading it and like what you're seeing as well.

The next chapters going to be special, you all know how I use the word 'special' by now, so be ready for that and I'll try to get it out quickly.

If I can't.. Well, let's hope that means the scenes are better to your lovely eyes as a result.

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