Butlers (Shizaya)

Butlers, The Ball

Shizuo's POV

It's a few hours before the ball and I help get all of the guards ready. We go over everyone's positions to make sure no one is alone without an experienced fighter.

I walk around with Izaya, talking about the plans for the ball. We both want it to be perfect with no problems, but we're not sure if that will happen.

Yesterday I almost broke down completely, worrying about the sudden change of schedule. I'm glad that only Izaya saw that, I'm mostly glad he hasn't told anyone about it.

But I shouldn't depend too much on him since he can ruin my perfect image. I look down at Izaya beside me, thinking he would ruin it just for fun.

We keep walking around together until Izaya was called to check on food preparations. I go over to the garden to check if there is anything Izaya and I missed. I just want to make sure everything will be safe for everyone who comes to this ball.

When I'm in the garden, I see the masters daughter, Varona, sitting on a bench looking a little lonely. I walk over to her and calmly get her attention.

"Hello Miss Varona, are you alright?" I ask, trying not to scare her.

"Oh, Shizuo, yes I am alright. I just need to relax before the guests come." She says.

"Okay, well if you need anything just tell me." I say then start to turn to leave.

"Wait Shizuo."

"Yes Miss." I say turning back to her.

"Could you stay with me? It may help me feel relaxed."

"Of course Miss." I say and bow to her.

I walk to her and sit down on the bench. She moves closer to me and puts her head on my shoulder.

After a while of sitting together, Miss Varona says, "You know Shizuo I'm scared."

"Why Miss?" I ask a little concerned.

"What if I choose the wrong man? How will I know who the right one is?"

"Well Miss, I'm not very good at choosing someone to love, but I believe to choose is to follow what your heart says." I say to her with a smile.

We stare into each other's eyes for I don't know how long, until I hear someone yelling at us. I look over to the voice and see Izaya walking over to us.

"Excuse me Miss, you are needed in your room to get ready for the ball." Izaya says bowing to her.

"Of course," Miss Varona says then turns to me saying, "I will see you soon, Shizuo."

"I will see you soon Miss." I say and bow to her.

She goes inside and Izaya asks in a soft whisper, "What were you doing out here flirting with her?"

"What?! I wasn't flirting!" I snap, a little offended.

"Yeah... I don't believe it."

"Really, why do you even think I was flirting?" I ask Izaya.

"You seriously don't know...? Never mind then." Izaya says then starts to walk away.

I follow him trying to get him to tell me, but nothing works, so I give up and we both just walk together getting ready for the ball.

Izaya's POV

I walk around with Shizu-chan before the guests start coming for the ball. Truthfully I don't want to be near Shizu-chan. He's just a stupid protozoan.

We go to the servants dorm to get cleaned up and change our uniforms. Once we're done, we go to our positions inside the mansion and all the others do the same.

The first guest comes in a few minutes later, and one after another come in filling the ballroom almost instantly. I start to walk around offering people drinks or small snacks. I hear many good comments on the drinks and food which makes me feel proud of my cooks.

The ballroom gets even more crowded as more and more people come in. When the ballroom is almost completely filled, the master and his family come out.

The master is wearing one of his best, most expensive suits, the mistress has on a long flowing dress that matches her husband, and Miss Varona has on a ball gown that catches everyone's attention. They all look stunning. I can't believe that they're not one of the top ten richest families in Japan.

Miss Varona comes down to the ballroom floor with the master and his wife right behind her. They go different ways and talk to the guests around them acting all happy that they are there.

I walk around helping the other servants and offering the guests drinks. Everything is going well so far, but I'm not sure how long that will last.

I see Shizu-chan not doing much, so I go over to him for right now, no one needs any refreshments.

"Hey, you alright now? I ask.

"Yeah but I've got this bad feeling..." Shizu-chan says looking depressed.

"Come on don't be like this, everything will be fine." I assure him.

"Mr. Orihara, Mr. Heiwajima." A voice says catching our attention.

I look around and see Mikado walking in our direction. He gets about two feet away then says, "Report from the outside, no one has spotted anything unusual and no one injured."

"Good, thank you for the report." I say to him.

He aleaves then I says to Shizu-chan, "See nothing is going wrong, everything is fine..." As if they heard me I see curtain people who could make something wrong happen.

And they are the Orihara family.