Instincts

Chapter nine

They stayed in each other's arms for quite awhile; Izaya nuzzling closer and Shizuo holding him tighter. It was calming to both of them, making Shizuo less lonely and Izaya feel protected.

It was probably the best thing the two could do; embrace each other and let their worries go away. It was almost like they were two pieces of a puzzle that, when together, fit so perfectly there was no denying they were made for each other. If they had the choice they would stay like this forever. When they had finally pulled away, Shizuo placed his hands on Izaya's shoulders, looking into the raven's deep auburn red eyes.

"Do you feel better?" Izaya asked, smiling at the blonde man in front of him.

Shizuo blushed. "Y-yeah. Thanks," He said, hoping his cheeks weren't too red considered, to him, they were burning. "Hey, um, about earlier. . . When I told you about how I fell off that building. . . D-did you really save me?"

Izaya's eyes widened before a dark crimson blush spread across his pale cheeks. "Y-yes. I saw you when I was in the area and I couldn't just let you die. So I caught you. . . Heh, it's funny because that was about the same time I. . ." He paused, looking down at the carpeted floor.

"You what?" Shizuo asked, curious as to what the raven would of said had he not shied away and looked at the floor.

The smaller male looked back up at Shizuo after the blonde male gave him a slight squeeze on the shoulder.

"T-that. . . That I fell in l-love with y-you. A-and I know that sounds crazy, but d-dragons like me, w-we have instincts. It's like when we're b-born we're given a sixth sense. We use it evaluate humans and our m-masters or trainers. And you. . . You were so pure and kindhearted that I. . . I fell in l-love with y-y-you."

Shizuo felt like he was floating the second Izaya said those words. All those emotions just running through him all at once like how a car hits a pedestrian crossing the street. He could feel his heart hammer against his chest, making him terribly flustered.

So what Shinra said was true- Izaya did ''choose'' him. He gave him that bond, that trust; love.

The blonde almost felt like crying to be honest. All this time of being alone in this world with no one and then Izaya comes into his life and turns everything upside down, to him it was a miracle. After everyone he loved left him he was finally given something, someone, to love.

He had no idea exactly what to do so he simply did what his instincts told him to do.

The blonde leaned closer to the raven, who had a bright red blush spreading across his cheeks as their faces got closer and closer.

In the most careful manner he pressed his lips to the dragon's, kissing him softly. After the shock went away, Izaya completely melted in the blonde's arms, which had found their way around the raven once again. Shizuo deepened the kiss, moving his lips against Izaya's, who gladly did the same.

They pulled away to catch their breath after their sweet, yet passionate, kiss. Izaya blushed and looked up at Shizuo, who smiled in return.

"I love you too." He whispered, cupping Izaya's face and capturing his lips in another kiss.

Izaya kissed back once again, wrapping his skinny arms around the blonde's neck. He felt Shizuo's hands tangle in his silky soft black hair and he sighed lovingly.

A shiver ran down the smaller male's spine when he felt Shizuo's tongue run across his bottom lip. He parted his lips, allowing Shizuo to explore the wet cavern as Izaya moaned softly, pulling the blonde closer. Their tongues stroked against each other as muffled moans came from both of them as they pressed as close as they possibly could against each other.

They broke the kiss after a few minutes; the shortage of air was getting to them. Shizuo held Izaya close, nuzzling his face in the crook of the smaller male's neck.

He thought about what Izaya had said. About how he was "pure."

In no way did Shizuo think he was pure. Especially not back when he was in high school.

He hung out with a bunch of heavily addicted smokers and alcoholics. The blonde remembered how they would get drunk out of their minds and in the end do something utterly stupid and humiliating like throw up or pass out at random times.

The first time though, when he had first tried it, was probably what started his horny ass attitude and constant flirting. With a few chugs he was horribly drunk as well as the rest of his "friends." All the information about that event can be summed up into one sentence; the blonde was no longer a virgin.

How could someone like that be pure?

Someone who poisoned them self with alcohol at such a young age; who, to this day, is heavily addicted to cigarettes and nicotine; who bent over in a submissive state for any horny male that convinced him to do so?

To him, that was the absolute opposite of pure.

That was unclean, dirty, soiled, disgusting, undignified.

To this day the blonde would always look in the mirror at the man staring back and think only one thought; you whore.

He hugged Izaya tightly, placing soft kisses to the raven's neck. Shizuo could tell Izaya was purring, just like before when the dragon was nuzzling and licking him to death. He guessed that when Izaya purred it was probably a sign of affection and/or pleasure. Either way he thought it was adorable.

"Hey Shizu-chan,"

"Hmf?"

"I'm still hungry."

Oh yeah, the food.

"Okay okay," He said before picking up the raven bridal style and walking out of the bedroom to the kitchen. Carefully, he placed the raven down on a chair. The blonde opened the plastic bag and took out the two white styrofoam boxes.

"You really have never had fish before?"

Izaya shook his head. "Never."

The blonde opened the takeout boxes and handed it to Izaya. The dragon poked the red meat and white rice in the box as if testing it to see if it would move. He sniffed it and cocked his head like a confused puppy before looking up at Shizuo like he needed assurance to proceed.

The blonde smiled and laughed a little.

"Here." He said before picking up a piece of the tuna with his chopsticks and moved it to Izaya's mouth in an attempt to feed him. Izaya looked at the food that Shizuo was holding in front of him and then looked up at Shizuo as if he needed permission to eat it. The blonde simply smiled and that was apparently enough to get Izaya to eat the tuna.

The fish pretty much melted in his mouth the second he started chewing it. He blushed at the taste; it was one of the most amazing things he had ever eaten. Shizuo grinned at Izaya's expression, knowing that Izaya obviously liked the otoro.

The rest of the meal was just a bunch of small talk and a few kisses before they went to bed.

Shizuo was dreading tomorrow though, because tomorrow meant work for him; and work meant leaving Izaya alone.