I Never Knew

Shizuo's Tears

Izaya runs through the streets of Ikebukuro, being trailed by an angry man with a kitchen knife. 

"Izaya," the man says "I swear I will kill you for sending me to the clink!" Izaya's stamina is matched by his furious pursuer. He knows he can't keep this up for long. Izaya turns into a dark ally nearby and disappears into the shadows within. His follower is hesitant to go after him, but quickly decides to fully trust his ability to fight the raven. He carefully steps into the unknown. 

Suddenly, a searing pain shoots through his arm. Izaya slashes relentlessly at his enemy beside him. In mere seconds, the man is lying on the ground, bleeding. The man gets up, and the info broker lets him run off, terrified. The informant chuckles darkly at the man's pure stupidity, but stops when he hears deeper chuckling from further in the shadows.

"Good job, flea." an unmistakable voice says"You're now even more of a monster than you were before!" Shizuo steps out of the shadows, grinning, but with clear liquid streaming down from his sad eyes. 

Izaya looks at him, surprised, before stating the obvious. "You've been crying." he says, baffled by the bartender again.

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"You've been crying." Izaya says. Shizuo wipes the tears from his face and laughs. 

"Well, now we know you're not blind."he says sarcastically, chuckling slightly. It was a fake, strained chuckle, and they both knew it.

"Why?" asks the informant, still surprised. The blonde frowns and asks "Why do you care?"

The flea stops to think for a moment before looking up and smirking. "More information." he says. This hurts Shizuo. He had been hoping there was a chance the dark haired raven actually cared for him. 'Of course there isn't' Shizuo thinks 'We're enemies.'

"Damn flea!" Shizuo says to the informant "You don't even care! You live your life gathering info and giving it to anyone who asks, not even caring what it does to other people around you!"

"You know as well as I do that that's not the only thing I do with my life, Shizu-chan. " Izaya says, still smirking.

Shizuo growls and says "Yeah, you're also a murderer!" 

This makes Izaya laugh. "I don't kill people" he says "I never forcibly take someone's life away from them against their will. I find the ones who wish to die, but don't have the guts to do so themselves."

Shizuo growls and picks up the dumpster to his right. He hurls it at the raven, but Izaya leaps out of the way just in time. The dumpster smashes into the wall  beside the informant. Shizuo takes advantage of Izaya's moment of distraction, and pins him against the wall. He raises his fist for a powerful blow, and Izaya stands there, smirking, but the fear in his eyes can't be hidden. Shizuo pauses for a moment, but sends his fist flying forward. To Izaya's great surprise, Shizuo's fist slams into the wall beside the dark haired raven's head. 

Shizuo looks into Izaya's eyes and says "There you go, making me love you again." Izaya's eyes widen at the blonde's comment.

"Y-you lo-love me?" he stammers, face going red. Shizuo blushes and takes a few steps back.

"Yeah" he says, looking at the ground. He pauses for brief second before dashing off into the night, leaving the stunned Izaya standing there, dazed.