The plan (a Shizaya story)

Chapter 11

--12 years ago--
Eleven year old Izaya crouched in a corner. Kanra was looking down at him, even at thirteen she was insane; insane enough to try to ruin his life. Looking back on his childhood Izaya would always wonder if it were Kanra who drove him to be the person he is now, or maybe he was destined to become like that because of who he is; because of what he is. Kanra whispered something into his ear. Every day she told him the same thing. That thing has been kept secret by both of them for as long as Izaya could remember. Kanra kicked him, but Izaya was used to the pain, he was okay with any physical pain. It was when Kanra played with his emotions that he really broke down. One of the twins waddled into the room. Kanra stopped, she didn't want the twins to be corrupted, they were okay, they were only two, they were human.
"Mairu, come to big sis Kanra!!" She called out. Mairu waddled over. Kanra scooped her up and started to tickle her. Izaya took this as his queue to leave. He sneaked out, trying no to catch Kanra's attention. He got to his room, a tiny thing with little other than a bed and a wardrobe. He sighed then collapsed into bed, it was 10PM and he decided that it was best if he got to sleep, let his wounds heal...again.

--4 years later--
At fifteen Izaya experienced his first big crush, it was a boy in another class who was originally from the UK. His name was Kai Ryder. He had come out as gay in his old school, Izaya had found this out before Kai had told him, and as Izaya was the only other student who spoke English fluently they became fast friends, even when Shizuo repeatedly told Kai to stay away from him.

One day, at the end of the school day, when everyone but the two friends had gone home, Izaya was ready to confess to Kai. He had tried his best to avoid Kanra as she had figured it out and her new favourite thing to do was repeatedly tell him that it would never happen.
"So...um...Kai?" Izaya asked in English.
Kai responded with, "What's this? Izaya Orihara being shy? What's wrong?" Kai had known Izaya long enough to know that he never showed fear if he could help it.

Izaya fiddled with his sleeves and looked into Kai's green eyes.
"I...I like you."
Kai's eyes widened.
Then he blushed.
Then finally he said, "I...I like you too." He blushed and broke eye contact by looking at his shoes.
Well...Izaya was certainly not expecting that, he was convinced that Kai only thought of him as a friend. For the first time in his life Izaya was wrong and it was a good thing.

They had been going out for three months before Kanra decided to get involved. She had left it until later so it would be more devastating, so Izaya had gotten more attached to Kai.

It had started when Kai's little brother, Miles, had been attacked, raped by a gang of older men. Izaya had helped both of them at the time, from emotional support to finding out who exactly the gang had been. He had hunted the gang out and had set another, even more violent, gang on them. The war had destroyed them both, the two leaders were killed in the conflict.
Of course Kanra had another idea about the story that came out. She started a rumour that Izaya had destroyed both of the gangs. It got to a point where even the police were questioning him about what he had done. Izaya had acted innocent, as always, and had somehow convinced them that he had nothing to do with it. The incident with Shinra had not helped as the police man and woman thought that he was already a criminal.
After a week of convincing Kai that he didn't destroy the gang himself, Kanra decided that she would add more fuel to the fire by photoshopping a picture of Izaya beating up the leader of one of the gangs.