Bodyguard (completed)

Ch. 8

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Shizuo POV 

He collapsed again?!  I catch him and sit him up against the wall. He looks pale and unwell.

Maybe that guy did stab him? But I don't see any blood...I better check for injuries when we get home.

I carry him home and use his keys to open the door. I lay him down on the sofa and remove his coat. It seems that he's fallen asleep. His body probably  wants to catch as much sleep as possible.

I decide that the best thing to do would be to take off his shirt to check for any injuries.

He passed out pretty quickly and I can't see any blood, but if the metal broke off then it would block any bleeding.

I grab the bottom of his shirt and pull it off him. I'm shocked......his arms are heavily bandaged up, his right one all the way up to his shoulder, his left one up to his elbow.

he's even skinnier than I thought he was! I can see his ribs clearly, I don't even know how he has room for any organs.

I can't see any signs of injuries so I put his shirt back on and sigh. What's wrong with his arms? Maybe  I could just take the bandages off and look?

No, I can't do that, it's none of my business. Really what am I thinking?!Shinra probably knows He's probably with a patient right now so I'll wait until later.

I leave Izaya to rest on the sofa and I get started on dinner. Izaya needs to eat, now that I know how skinny he is I know that if he won't eat his food I'll have to force-feed him.

I decide to make soup again since it's easy to make and just as I finish up Izaya wakes up. He looks confused.

" You feeling alright? You blacked out so I brought you back home" I tell him.

" y-yeah I fine. Must still be tired I guess" he says with a nervous chuckle. He still looks unwell but if he says so.

" I'm made soup," I tell him gesturing towards the table. He panics for a second but quickly calms down and walk over to the table.

We start eating, he eats slowly, I can tell he doesn't want to eat it. I look at him, he's pale and skinny, his baggy shirt covers him up and you can't tell how skinny he actually is, I'm guessing he does that on purpose.

My gaze shifts to his arms, I need to ask him about it. I notice his waving his hand in front of my face and saying my name.

" Shizu-chan?"

" Huh?" I say.
" Why are you staring at me?" He says I can see that he's finished his food by now so I must have been staring for quite a while. He looks happy but I can tell it's fake.

" it a... nothing don't worry about it," I say walking over to the sofa. Even though I know he's only faking to be happy, I don't want to ruin his mood.I sit down and turn the tv on, a movie pops up so I sit down to watch it.

" Um... okay," he says. He sits next to me and watches the film.

Timeskip to later that night

This film is so boring, it's almost finished so I might as well carry on watching. I look at my watch, it's already 9 pm.

" Shizu-chan?" I look over to Izaya.
" Yeah?" I say.

" Why were you staring at me earlier, you seemed.... uh... worried?" Izaya asks again, now's probably the best time to ask.

" It's just..." I sigh he looks at me. I turn to face him.

" when you passed out I brought you back here and checked for injuries or something that could explain why you passed out, so I had to take off your shirt to check," I say.He looks down at the floor. He doesn't look happy anymore.

" I just... didn't realize how skinny you were, and.." I look over to him, his looking down at the floor trying to avoid me. " Izaya..." he looks up a bit from the floor.

" What happened to your arms?"