-๑-๑ ஜ ๑-Chapter 33:Talk to me-๑ ஜ ๑-๑-
Taking a deep breath the raven finally came to a halt.
Rolling forwards and backwards on the bed in a sheer moment of utter relief was exhausting after all.
Especially right after sex.
Chest raising up and down, Izaya came down from his high and stared at the ceiling.
Shizu-chan was gone. Just left through the front door again.
He could hear his phone vibrate from somewhere.
Probably his client.
A quick glance to his bedside clock informed him that he was more than just late for that one- but honestly he couldn't bring himself to care at all.
Too important and urgent were the current matters at hand.
He had suggested a second round.
How fucking stupid could he be?
A soft frown decorating his forehead he pushed himself off the bed and to his cupboard, rummaging for some clothes as he was still stark naked.
It was one thing to enjoy their appointments, and yes, Izaya wasn't stupid enough to deny that one.
He loved them.
He loved how the blond treated him, and how amazing it felt.
That was no secret, hell he had even masturbated to the blond of course he was turned on.
But this? Suggesting another round he had endangered both, the fun he had during their meetings and his life.
The latter was more important of course.
The bed creaked softly as he pushed himself off it. The clothes had chosen to wear were now dangling from his arm as he made his way to the shower.
He had to think of something. A plan or whatever.
Just a rule that he could stick to- namely not getting carried away like before.
Shizu-chan had saved his ass with that reason he came up with for Izaya's own actions- but that had been pure luck.
It was just when he passed his bedroom door, leading to the living room that he paused in his thoughts.
He… had entered his apartment a bit too easy, hadn't he?
Following his hunch the raven dropped the clothes on his bed before making his way towards the front door.
And certainly.
He couldn't help but snort when he saw the fine creaks decorating his poor door.
It was broken.
Of course it was.
Shizu-chan had entered it- by force that is. And that even though Izaya had given him a new key to his apartment a couple days ago.
Honestly the blond needed to stop breaking his door out of habit.
Yet he couldn't be actually mad.
Reaching forward he let his fingers brush across the cracked wood.
...
He was strong.
Not like Izaya never knew, but right now it had something alluring to it. Leaning his forehead against the wood the raven just stayed there for a moment, thoughts ceasing as a feeling of fondness overwhelmed him.
He wasn't sure what kind of emotion it was- but it felt warm.
Cozy.
He didn't even realize he had closed his eyes as he backed off the object again and traced back to the bedroom.
His phone, having been dropped to the ground sometime during their intercourse, was grabbed and the blond´s number dialed- or rather, the messaging option opened.
Typing away quickly the raven put some witty remarks about his broken door, some about him not being the brute he was to break his things, but then he paused.
He suddenly felt somewhat… appalled to just write a message?
It sounded stupid, even to the raven´s own ears but still he couldn't bring himself to send it.
Finger hovering above the screen he stood there for a moment.
Then again, wouldn't it be better to tell Shizu-chan than to write to him?
After all, he could just ignore the message, right?
Or forget about it.
Yeah indeed-
The application was quickly closed and the calling button pressed instead as a sudden urge to call the blond overwhelmed the raven and the phone was raised to his ear.
Still on his way home Shizuo noticed the call of course as the phone vibrated against his pants- that didn't diminish the surprise he felt when he saw the caller's ID though.
Anxiety and happiness tackled his mind in a split second as he pressed the button.
Izaya had said he had an appointment he was late for anyway so it had to be important if he wasted even more time by calling him-
Was Izaya still second guessing their meeting?
Did he want to quit them?
"... did you forget something?" Shizuo asked, his voice not giving away the amount of tension he felt.
"More like you did," the raven snorted on the other side of the call, not exactly giving the blond the answers he sought. "What's silver and hopefully still in your possession?" he questioned next, only causing Shizuo´s confusion to triple.
"... huh?"
Again laughter filled his ears.
Silver?
In his possession?
Shizuo had no idea what the raven was talking about, but a wave of relief started to pile up as he noticed the flea was still in a good mood.
Nothing at least that he would expect him to act like if he planned to cancel their appointments and go back to Hachiro instead at least.
"The key Shizu-chan, I gave you one to my apartment in case you forgot. Well which you obviously did since my door looks kinda smashed."
Oh.
OH.
"Shit sorry 'bout that-" and so the wave crashed, confirming Shizuo´s hopes just as smooth as the flea´s voice sounded to his ears.
"So you still have it?" Izaya inquired, the blond not really paying a lot of attention as he was a bit distracted by the tension leaving the situation.
"The door?" he asked intelligently, only doubling the flea´s amusement as he let himself drop into his favourite swivel chair.
"The key. Shizu-chan, are you even listening?"
"Yes. Yes I mean I have the key."
"Good. Keep it, I'm just going to have this repaired so it will still fit." A short pause was made as the raven added, "Except you want to smash the door again like that next time."
Not that I mind.
…
And suddenly the blond´s thoughts stopped short.
What?
That just now.
It sounded like Izaya's voice.
But-
Not like his usual voice.
Kinda muffled- quiet, at least definitely not coming from the phone.
Turning his head around in reflex, the blond looked for the flea, because he might just be standing right behind him again like he loved to do when he was working with Tom.
But no.
There was no Izaya.
Thinking about it, the content of the words seemed strange as well.
Izaya just said he wanted Shizuo to not break the door so why would he say a split second later that he didn't even mind?
"You… don't mind if I smash the door?" Shizuo started slowly, a little confused as to what had just happened.
A very much confused "What?" returned from the other side of the line as the flea had obviously not a clue what the blond was talking about.
"Shizu-chan, are you drunk?"
Was he?
No, certainly not, but he just heard a voice that wasn't there so maybe something was off with him indeed.
"Ah, no, sorry I won't break the door again of course," he quickly corrected himself, not wanting to tick the flea off with something he already had twice.
A complaint followed anyway.
"Hmmmm, doesn´t sound all too convincing if you ask me."
"I promise, alright?" Shizuo sighed, not quite sure what else he could possibly say to try and convince the flea.
"Pinky promise?"
"What's that?"
"It means you have to swallow a thousand needles if you break the promise~!"
Shizuo frowned softly at the imagination.
"Sounds like it would hurt-"
"Normally people would die from that, but I guess a monster like you would survive," Izaya chirped, only to stop short as an odd feeling struck his conscience.
It had put him off a bit.
The word that is.
For some reason the term monster felt odd to the raven´s lips.
The blond didn't seem to care though.
"Okay, I got it, I got it. I won't break the pinky promise." Not like he was actually going to swallow needles if he did anyway.
"Good."
The weird words he had heard earlier were still on his mind though. Too loud had they resounded for Shizuo to ignore them as a mere hallucination. Had the flea maybe mumbled them to himself and he caught them by chance?
Could be, it wasn't like the raven would admit to anything like that in the first place.
It was then that he realized how quiet said man had remained for the past few seconds.
Checking his phone quickly Shizuo checked for the call´s connection-
.. it was still there.
"Anything else?" he asked slowly, a bit surprised the flea was still there.
Caught red handed the raven jerked in his chair.
"No, I just wanted to make sure you don't break my stuff," the words flowed quickly although they felt like a lie.
Was it weird that he wanted to continue listening to Shizu-chan´s voice?
He wanted to say more, he kept thinking of insults that he could throw at the man, but somehow something in his mind kept him from saying anything that would annoy the man right now.
Again.
Silence.
Izaya almost seemed to be talking just for the sake of talking. Usually he would get to the point way quicker and even hang up before the blond replied.
"Then see you in two days, right?" Shizu-chan suddenly said, finishing the call in Izaya's stead.
"Yeah, in two days."
And so the call was cut off.
Silence filled Izaya's apartment as he just sat there in his swivel chair. A bit dumbfounded to be honest.
What had he even been trying to achieve?
He wasn't sure.
And it seemed he wasn't going to find out either as the door to his apartment clattered once more.
"Oh my god, can you warn me at least?" The familiar voice of his secretary reached Izaya's ears as he turned to face the woman, a hand covering her eyes as she made her way over to her desk.
Right, Izaya was wearing nothing but briefs that he had quickly put on after the shower.
"I was naked a few seconds earlier, you should be glad I'm wearing pants," he announced with a grin on his lips as Namie shuddered.
"Disgusting." Maps and folders were pulled out of her drawers as she settled in her usual workspace.
"Why are you even home? I thought you were meeting that yakuza guy," she questioned for once, terribly perceptive of the raven´s schedule.
A simple shrug was given as Izaya made his way over to the kitchen to fetch a cup of coffee.
"Whatever." It wasn't like he hadn't made people wait for him before. And seeing how his reputation was anything but bad for his line of work they come again for his service.
"I hope they kill you one day for popping up whenever the fuck you please," Namie spat as she watched the raven take a seat on his couch.
"Bad mood huh?" Izaya snorted while clearing up the chess board that was standing on the desk. Usually he just used it as a requisite or played around mindlessly with some figures.
The fun idea of actually playing crossed his mind and the even funnier prospect of trying to teach Shizu-chan how to play.
"By the way the lock is broken," Namie added, only causing the raven´s lips to curl upwards even further.
"I know."
The only question now was- what the hell was he supposed to do with his spare time?
The Yakuza meeting was cancelled and Shizu-chan, having done more than… necessary, had caused Izaya to have a lot of free time at hand. Today, the day after tomorrow as well.
It seemed fate was tempting him yet again to test these new powers he seemed to have to the fullest~
to be continued~
-coughs out lung- so, I took too long, again xD Honestly I feel like that bad lover from books that keeps saying he will change his ways but ends up getting drunk yet again lmfao
My drug is procrastination lmao I admit it xD
But I wasn't entirely lazy this time at least, I am officially done with Book ¼ of my original work and I am now busily writing book 2 right after. Things should progres way faster now that I have my series started xD
For anyone wondering, I plan on finishing and publishing said original work sometime in late 2022 or 2023 :3 In case you are interested in that, I will give a huge headups in each of my stories once that happens hahahaha xD
along with an update of course.
xD
Talking about Updates, I will update every story once a month from now on- that's double the time I would usually need, but maybe having that spare time will hopefully keep me from procrastinating xD
With that being said, see you at the end of September guys C;
PS.: I actually passed an important law-exam that took place a month ago xD I had to study so fucking much for it- which was part of the reason I was kinda afk from Shizaya for a while x'D BUT YAY it´s done xD SHIZAYA I`M COMING xD
PPS.: This chapter was a little bit shorter for a reason C; Had to cut it there for the next- fairly… long scene ho ho ho~