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Glaring at the sterile white pills bottles on the counter, Shizuo fought back the urge to throw the medication out the window. He really didn't want to have to swallow a handful of these things every night.
He sighed, rubbing his temples as he ripped open the caps, and poured the pills into his open palm. He grimaced at the large tablets in his hand, and took a deep breathe to calm himself.
"I can't believe I'm fucking doing this." he grumbled, as he tilted his head back and popped the pills in. He chugged down a glass of milk as fast as he could to get the bitter medicinal taste out of his mouth, and force the un-chewable tablets down his gullet. He coughed and rubbed his tongue with a rag, groaning.
He had this new routine he had to do. For the past few weeks, he has been taking these pills and refilling the bottles one by one as the dosages continued to slowly increase.
Shinra had said it might happen, but Shizuo was hoping that it wouldn't. But with his intriguing immune system, he was growing a tolerance to the medications, and soon had to double up the dosage. Now instead of the original four pills a day, he was almost to ten pills.
The muffled ringing of his cell phone broke though the silence. Haphazardly tossing the bottles into the cupboard, Shizuo rubbed his face with his hand and slouched back into the living room, falling onto the sofa with a soft plop. He dug his hands in between the cushions, listening for the ringtone as he searched for his phone. Once he finally found the yellow device hiding underneath a pillow, he answered.
"Yo."
"Heyyyy Shizuo!"
Oh, he recognized that chipper voice; high pitched and slightly muffled as another squeaky voice cut in, saying "Shizuo! How are ya?"
"Hey Erika, Walker. What's up?" he chuckled as he heard Togusa cursing in the background about traffic. "Stuck in traffic?"
"Oh yeah, we've been sitting here forever! Togusa is getting soo angry, but Erika and I have been fine. More time to read our manga!" Walker exclaimed. Shizuo could practically see the smile on the blonde's face as he spoke.
Shizuo glanced at his phone, reading the caller name, and laughed, "Did you steal Kadota's phone?
"Noooo~ He lent it to us! We're calling to cheer you up!" Erika squealed as she took the phone again from Walker, "Dota-chin had talked with Tom earlier and had heard you weren't feeling well. We're all worried about you!"
"Guys…" Shizuo started, groaning slightly as he smiled, "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
"Yep, we know! You're the Fortissimo of Ikebukuro!"
"The…what?"
"Nevermind! But anyways, Walker and I have a question!"
"Shoot."
At this moment, Walker grabbed the phone, and turned it onto speaker phone, "We're drawing you a doujin! Now, would you like yaoi, yuri, or the standard hentai?" Erika giggled in the background.
Shizuo's face flushed red as he sat up straight, "Guys! Don't!"
"I think Shizuo would like yaoi the most! Doesn't he seem like such a seme?" Walker snickered as Erika was heard squealing.
"Yeah yeah, Walker! Cause he know he totally loves Iza-"
"Guys! That's enough, hand me the phone!"
"But Dota-chiiiiiin~~"
"Give it!"
"Stop goofing around! You're gonna mess up the seats!"
"Oh hush, Togusa!"
"Give me the phone!"
Shizuo laughed to himself at the humorous brawl inside the van. The voices of the four passengers all swirled together. Eventually the number of people yelling got quiet, and he heard Kadota's familiar voice through the receiver.
"Sorry about those two. They are so desperate to draw you something."
"It's fine. I would just rather not have anything yaoi or yuri in my place." Shizuo chuckled sheepishly.
"…You know what that means?" Kadota asked, slightly bewildered. He laughed, "Dude, you need to get out more if you're learning what those words mean."
"Yeah, I know." Shizuo laughed, rubbing the back of his neck in a sheepish manner. It was true he wasn't doing much lately. Just lounging around the house. He was enjoying having time off, but he was becoming antsy, and missed the company of people.
He heard a shout on the phone, and another scuffle before Erika's voice came back on. "Shizuo! We have a solution for the cabin fever!"
"Oh, what exactly is that, ha?" Shizuo asked amused.
"ONLINE DATING!~" Walker and Erika sang into the phone. The blonde bartender choked a bit and laughed.
"Are you serious guys? No way."
"Yes way! We even made you an account on a popular dating site! We'll text you the information so you can log on and start talking to all the sexy ladies"
"Or guys!"
"Yeah, or guys! What ever team you play for is totally ok by us!"
The two started rambling again, and Shizuo had to yell into the phone to catch their attention, "Guys guys! I'm not gonna go online for some stupid dating thing!"
"Aww, why not? It's not gonna hurt you! We didn't use your real name or anything. It's just a chat name."
"I don't wanna."
"But it'll kill the boredom!"
"It'll be awkward."
"No one will know it's you!"
This argument went on for another half hour, until Shizuo found himself staring at his phone in the silent privacy of his home. The username and password were on his cell screen, and he was sitting in front of his desktop computer, staring at the black website log on screen.
He couldn't believe he was actually this desperate for something to do with his time.