Durarara!! Vol. 5

Lovey-Dovey Prattles of an Underground Doctor, Part III

Note: this comes after the part where Shizuo and Tom take Akane to Shinra's. 

Don't worry, she's sound asleep.

My expertise is not internal medicine, but I think she has some sort of acute adenoiditis.

Eh? Teething fever?

Nah, only babies and kindergarten kids get teething fever. You don't seriously believe people get fevers just from thinking too much, do you?

But then Shizuo's brain is as developed as a kindergarten kid so maybe you do still get teething fevers ehhhhhh - 

.......

Shizuo, you realize a flick of your finger in my forehead does as much damage as a knee kick from any other person, don't you? Then try to be more careful, please? What, concussion? How long have I been unconscious?

Graceful God, I wouldn't have believed it had I been told that one day I'd have to relocate my own jaw. Not that it's a big deal though considering the number of jaws I've dislocated and relocated through all these years...

......Speaking of which, my grandfather had once choked on a slice of rice cake. Father just dislocated his jaw and snatched the chunk of rice cake from his throat with his hand. He only does that in an absolute emergency, I figure. 

I think I've talked enough. Who exactly is that little girl?

I didn't find anything on her that gives any real clue.

......"Haven't been doing weird stuff to her have you?" ......what's that supposed to mean?

Hello? Before I even get started on where you got the idea that I might be into lolis, do you seriously think I would hit any girl other than Celty? Had it been Celty who was shaking from her fever and muttering things on that bed, I'd have done away with the blanket and warmed her with my body instead!

Really, if Celty hadn't existed, I'd probably already be living a hermit's life somewhere in the mountains and killing my time with elegant hobbies. 

If anything could even remotely rival Celty's beauty, it would have to be the grand Earth herself - that's what I would have told people. But honestly, I still feel like Celty is more beautiful......what do you guys think?

......Shizuo, that Tom-san has been eyeing me with a pitying look on his face for a while now. Why is that?

Why aren't you saying anything?

Well whatever.

Hmm? Celty?

Celty is out working for Shiki-san from Awakusu-kai today.

Yep, Shiki-san.

Medei Group - the bigger organization they belong to - is coalescing with Asuki Group. Lots of stuff to be done, it seems...and they said they were entrusting Celty with something important.

......

Ah, that's true. I can't honestly say I'm not worried about her.

Awakusu-kai is in that kind of business, you see?

A lovely girl like Celty just doesn't belong in this kind of shambles with bullets flying around and the smell of blood in the air......of course that was a lie. She's like born to be in it. 

The Black Rider blazing her trail among soaring bullets. Isn't that just cool?

But I do still worry about her. I'd rather that she moved together with me all the time, but unfortunately I wouldn't have had a better chance of surviving such situations than a clothed pile of limbs.