I'm sorry for the short chapters! ;A; They were kinda like filler chapters to keep the plot rolling~ I hope this makes up for it! c:
Riding on a train deep into the city, Kururi and Mairu sat quietly in their seats, staring out the window at the dingy walls that sped past. The train was loud with the chit chat of the passengers, and Mairu and Kururi didn't bother adding to the noise.
Kururi leaned her head on Mairu's shoulder, resting her eyes as Mairu rubbed her back. The mischievous of the two kept her eyes open, watching and observing everyone that was on board. Any sign of their big brother, and they'd get off on the next stop. Whatever that stop was.
The train skidded to a halt, the doors opening to let on new passengers. Mairu watched the doors carefully, making sure no one in fur got too close. She hunkered low, hiding under her hoodie so no one would recognize her.
"You two…"
Kururi looked up, eyes wide. Mairu held her close and glared at the man coming toward them. They instantly recognized him and bounced up to run toward him.
"Shizuo-kun!" Mairu squealed as she hugged the taller man around the middle. Kururi followed suit, hugging Mairu as she tried to wrap her arms around Shizuo.
The blonde stumbled back a bit, gripping the pole to keep them steady as the doors closed, and the train sped off again.
"What are you two doing here?" he grumbled, glancing around for the flea. They grinned and clung to him, as if he was the pole to keep them from falling.
"Were running away!" Mairu cheered, causing some of the people sitting near them to glance over with wide eyes.
"What?"
"Nii-san (fell asleep at the) movies. (Now we are) running away (from him.)" Kururi smiled, beaming up at Shizuo. Mairu nodded and pulled away, thrusting her arms into the air as she twirled a bit.
"Yeah, what Kuru said! Iza-nii took us to the movies and fell asleep! And now we are running away! That way he'll have to chase us all over the city! Isn't that funny?"
Shizuo paled a bit and sighed, shaking his head, "You two are cruel. Making him chase you like that."
"Neh, who cares? For all we know, he just went home to leave us here!" Mairu pouted, leaning against the blonde and crossing her arms, "He used to ditch us all the time as kids." Kururi nodded in agreement.
"It's not all that surprising. Your brother is a bastard." Shizuo grumbled, wrapping one arm around Mairu so she wouldn't stumble. Mairu nodded, laughing.
"You can say that again! Mom and Dad weren't even married yet when Iza-nii was born!"
"Huh?"
"We don't (know that for sure. It's just a) rumor." Kururi squeaked. Mairu shrugged.
"I think my theory is brilliant!" she huffed.
Shizuo sighed, exasperated, and watched the two twins bicker over whether or not Izaya was a literal bastard or not. Sometimes he wondered how Izaya could live with these two. Living with Kasuka was easy compared to these whirlwinds. He glanced at the blinking map on the wall and cleared his throat.
"Guys, this is my stop. You have to let go now."
"No way!"
"(We wanna) stay!"
Shizuo stiffened, eyes widening slightly. He pushed them off gently, heading toward the doors as the train stopped, "Guys, enough. I gotta go!"
"Let us come with you!" Mairu demanded, following Shizuo off the train and onto the platform. Kururi ran up to Shizuo, grabbing his hand in hers and looking up at the blonde with wide eyes.
"Please?"
He groaned, still walking but not letting go of their hands. He already knew that they won this battle. "I'm busy today guys…"
"No you're not! Iza-nii says your sick! And you aren't working right now!" Mairu chirped, bouncing next to Shizuo as they walked along the platform and back up the stairs onto the streets.
Shizuo coughed and choked a bit, "W-what? What did you just…what?"
Mairu nodded, "Yeah, Iza-nii has all these files on his computer. We hacked into it while he was getting ready to take us to the movie. He doesn't realize how good we are at it!"
"F-files?" the blonde yelped, his voice raising an octave as his fists clenched, his blood pressure sky rocketing.
"Yeah, lots (of files about you)." Kururi added.
"Yeah, but that doesn't matter! All that matters is that we know you aren't doing anything, so we can hang out, right?" Mairu piped up, stepping in front of Shizuo on her tip toes to look him in the face. "We can just stay and walk around? And you can protect us from Iza-nii if he happens to find us?"
Shizuo looked quickly between Mairu and Kururi before rubbing his temples and sighing, "Fine. Just…don't be too bothersome, alright? We can hang out and stuff. But I am here for a reason, so let me finish up my business first. Then we can…do whatever you guys wanna do…or something."
"Yay!~"