Shizaya-Seeing Right Through You

Chapter 10

"Just set him down here Shizuo." Shinra said as he led the blonde into his operating room, Shizuo carefully laid the unconscious information broker on the operating table. He stood back while Shinra started listening to his heart beat and checking his blood pressure. Izaya was as pale as a ghost and it didn't look like he was breathing at all!

"...Is he dead?" Shizuo asked, Shinra shook his head and started pulling up the raven's black v-neck shirt. Izaya's ribs were very visible and it looked like he hadn't eaten in days.

"From the lack of eating his stomach had shrunk down a little, you fed him before you brought him here right?" Shinra asked the larger male as he started getting out a syringe full of some milky liquid.

"Yes, I fed him a tuna sandwich and some chicken soup....do you know why he won't eat anything?" Shizuo asked curiously.

"I think this is his new way of trying to kill himself, he can't kill himself with any of his weapons or do any physical harm to himself like that. I think he might be...trying to starve himself to death." Shizuo said quietly, he put a hand down on the brunet's chest and carefully pushed the needle into a vein in the raven's neck. The syringe was full of liquid nutrients that would keep Izaya alive.

"He must be in a lot of pain; I wish he would stop doing this to himself." Shinra sighed heavily as he threw away the syringe into a medical container.

"Why would he be in pain?"

"When there is nothing in your stomach to digest your stomach acid starts to eat away at your stomach; it's supposed to be extremely painful. His stomach had adapted to the lack of food and had shrunken in size which really isn't good. The tiniest bit of food could make him throw up which is even worse." Shinra said nervously.

"Well I fed him an entire sandwich and a can of soup; he didn't get sick after I fed that to him." Shizuo said confused.

"Hm, I'll see how he feels when he wakes up. For now I'll let him rest in the SC room." Shinra slid his arms under the informant and picked him up bridal style. Since Izaya was so light now it was easy for Shinra to pick up his skinny body.

"Thanks for watching him Shizuo-kun, you can go home now." Shinra said as he walked into the white padded room. He gently placed Izaya down in a corner before grabbing a blanket for him and putting it over his sleeping form. Shizuo wanted to leave but he just continued to stand there, he had walked to the door of the solitary confinement room and was now starring at Izaya as he slept.

"Oh, are you planning on staying?" Shinra asked as he closed and locked the door, Shizuo shook his head but continued to stand there.

"Is everything ok Shizuo?" Shinra asked, looking up at the spaced out blonde. The larger male ran his fingers through his bleach blonde hair and nodded again.

"Yea ...I think I should get back to Kasuka...see if he's ok." Shizuo said as he turned his back on the underground doctor and started towards the door.

"Hm...that was weird.." Shinra thought as he went to go check on the TV monitoring Izaya's new room.

Ikebukuro...

"What's wrong Nii-san? You look like you've got something on your mind." Kasuka asked as he was walked back to his hotel by his older brother. Shizuo took another drag of his cigarette and started to stare up at the now dark sky.

"It's nothing really, that damn flea has been really getting under my skin for the past couple of days." Shizuo said; he took one more drag of his cigarette before crushing it under his foot.

"Why? You only saw him today for a few hours and that's all, did he do or say something to you after I left?" Kasuka asked curiously, Shizuo just shook his head.