Broken DRRR

Overthinking

Chapter 8

Shizuo's pov

Making his way back into Ikebukuro he couldn't help but to smile. Genuine, the night just kept replaying in his head. Did Izaya really just do that? For him?

It was really nice, he bought me a pudding. It was really dang good. And we hung out, huh? He hadn't ever been able to do that without getting irritated and breaking something. He didn't, didn't he? It was nice, it was really nice.

Thinking it had something to do with how Izaya read my mood... That made him feel, something... a nice feeling. Made him smile slightly more. Even better it helped him ignore the stares from the residents of Ikebukuro who all surely knew him by now.

How much time did he spend there anyway? Two hours? Maybe a little more? Those games took a lot of time per round. Probably around thirty to forty minutes each. He didn't win most of the rounds, one even ended in a draw. That didn't stop him from having a nice time.

Without any recollection of his steps he opened the door to his apartment. After walking inside he blinked at himself. He didn't remember when the walk back became so short. He wasn't complaining though, simply shrugging it off. Calling it a day, he makes sure to take his shower and hums absentmindedly before going to bed.

Brought daylight, he found himself walking through the streets of Ikebukuro. The sun felt nice on his skin, if it weren't for his job he would stop to sunbathe. He turned his head but Tom was gone. Actually, everyone else was gone to and that's when he heard it, "Shizu-chan," quickly, he turned, looking for Izaya. He saw nothing and he heard the call again, "Shizu-chan." With a frown he followed the voice over to the back of an alley. He couldn't decide if it was a good idea or not. He just didn't want to walk around a desolated street, it made him feel on edge.

There he saw Izaya, at a dead end, on the floor, bloodied. There was so much blood. Izaya reached over his hand, "Shizuo..." this time he actually sounded pained. Shizuo eyed him carefully, he took some time finding his other hand to make sure he wasn't trying to pull a fast one on him then finally reached over to grab his hand and pull up the flea when he found his other hand devoid of knives. The sharp tug made Izaya lose the little balance he had and dump into Shizuo's chest. It wasn't intentional, this made him growl slightly. Already expecting his shirt to be stained with the blood of the other. One glance down showed that it wasn't the case.

"Oi, flea what happened?" He asked, eyeing the raven as he stood straight again. Never leaning away. The flea was shaking, with a scowl he pushed the flea's hair away, "you're scared?" He nods, "it was them again... that guy, he told them what they wanted to hear. They came at me." That guy? What guy? Looking up he finds yet another flea. Familiar, grinning that evil smile from ear to ear. Wickedly, his eyes narrowed at Shizuo, followed by disgust as he looked down at the bloodied flea.

"You like him better huh, Shizu-chan?" He spat out like venom. The hell is his problem? "Why do you care?" Shizuo spat back. He looked somehow even more disgusted by that question, "don't forget the person you're holding on to is still me." Looking down, the flea had stopped shaking and was now looking back at the other. As soon as he finished that sentence, Shizuo turned to look back up, "what?" But the flea was gone.

Feeling Izaya move away rather quickly he looked back down, "I- I'm sorry." He fidgets and shifts his weight, "I didn't realize I was being clingy." He mumbled. I simply shrug and look to the side, "it's whatever. I don't mind."

The scenery changed, it was no longer bright outside, there was just the dim glow of an apartment light. Standing at its entrance where space was a little tighter, "Here, have this." Shizuo looked back at the flea. There was a pastry box in his hands. He doesn't even leave him to ponder what could be in the box as he opens it, it was pudding. Lighting up instantly and taking the box from Izaya with a sheepish smile he asks, "you're giving me this?"