Masks of Deception (A Shinzaya AU Fanfiction)

Chapter 1

Anybody know how to change this story to "4 out of ? Chapters"?
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Izaya had always loved observing humans, even in elementary school. Always doing so from a 'safe distance', he was never particularly loved, nor particularly hated, and was more or less just your 'average good student'. Though he often appeared appeared as a bit of a loner, with how he would often prefer to sit the back of the class, and stayed in the library instead of going outside to play with the other kids, unless invited to follow them.

But, the truth was, he didn't feel dejected by being left out, for it just felt natural to him. The idea of intimately involving himself with other humans felt odd, because he really just preferred to remain detached. Not that he wasn't amused when people dragged him along wherever. It just didn't normally happen unless people noticed him there. And when it happened, he never seemed to quite know how to handle himself.

He was now attending Raijin Chugaku in Ikebukuro, and the first day had come and gone, and thinking back, he had already acquire the names of the people he was most interested in watching, as he was prepared to once again go about beginning his everyday observation just like he had every other year.

That was all until some brown haired bespectacled boy, about his own height, had suddenly approached him. At first glance, there was nothing that seemed extraordinary about him, and he had looked fairly normal, albeit giving a typical 'nerdy' appearance, so he hadn't really thought much of him before that. He did, however, remember the other male introducing himself in his self introduction by the name of "Kishitani Shinra".

But he wouldn't lie and say he wasn't at least slightly surprised when that same boy had walked up to him that day several hours after school was over. He had just closed his locker, throwing his bag over his shoulder, as he turned around, finally preparing to leave for the day, and that was when he was immediately met by the eyes of the innocent looking brunette, who was standing right before him and beaming.

He was little too close for comfort, so Izaya backed up a bit. "Excuse me."

He assumed Shinra probably didn't even hear his muttered apology, and moments later he felt his suspicions were confirmed.

"Hey, do you want to be friends?" The other suddenly asked him. Izaya didn't know what to think, but he got the odd feeling that something about this Shinra guy was most assuredly 'off' and not normal by his standards.

"Not interested. Sorry." He said flatly, walking past him, as he walked around him, and headed down the hall to make his way to the back exit.

And that was the first verbal exchange between Orihara Izaya and Kishitani Shinra. He had been speaking with the vice principal about some paperwork which had needed to be filled out and a parent or guardian's signature on it. His parents weren't around that often, and as such, it was hard to get them to sign anything for a while until they came back. Because they were both very busy and traveled overseas. A relative of his had been keeping an eye on everything, but he was nowhere to be reached at the moment.

He had been there for about three hours since school was over, so he was sure that most of the students had went home by now, and not very many staff members were even still there, either. Could he have really been staying behind that whole time just to meet him?

"Who actually asks to be friends with somebody? That's really so not normal."

Either this Shinra guy didn't care about typical, etiquette at all, or he wanted to get close to him for some reason.

-"What I am I thinking? He probably just asked me because I seem so much like a loner, anyway."

A minute later, Shinra caught up, but the latter didn't seem to be discouraged at all by his rejection to their friendship, and in fact kept smiling as if he was suddenly even happier, as he began following behind.