Celty got ready and left the apartment. She went down and when Shooter saw her, it immediately made an angry neigh.
"Sorry Shooter, we don't have any money. Did you sleep okay?"
Shooter remained angry, and refused to let Celty ride it.
"Shooter..."
"Don't you think you should have better things to worry about?" Celty looked up and saw Izaya balanced perfectly on a street lamp. He hopped off gracefully onto a wall of someone's yard and on the ground.
"What do you want? You better not be on to something."
Izaya pouted as he kicked a pebble off the ground. "What is with you all? All I want to do is strike a deal. What's so wrong about that?"
"Well then, what's the deal?"
Izaya put his hand in his pocket and threw out a large stack of dollar bills.
"That should more or less cover your base expenses." Izaya said.
"And?"
Izaya laughs. "And? You don't trust me very much do you? Can't I just help out a friend?"
"That's just who you are."
"You caught me!" Izaya throws his arms up, giggling.
"Just get to the point already."
"Fine... Now, we all know clearly that we're in a different world. And through some methods, I managed to get a crack on how to get back. But I still need more information."
"This fast?!"
"What did you expect? I haven't exactly been fooling around like a certain someone." Izaya said.
"So then? What's the catch?"
"All you have to do is keep your mouth shut. Easy right? Simple as that." Izaya smiles.
"What...what do you mean?"
"All you have to do is keep your mouth shut to Shizu-chan. Say nothing. If you do that, I'll keep giving you money." Izaya explains.
"Why?"
"Seriously? Didn't you have a talk with him? He obviously doesn't want to go back! But you and I do. So, keep your mouth shut, get money, and I can find us a way to get back! It's a win win situation!" Izaya says, getting progressively more excited.
"Why'd you break him out of prison then?"
"Sometimes you just to take a risky move to get what you want. It's just business."
Before Celty could respond, Izaya jumped back onto the street lamp.
"Remember the deal, Celty. And don't think you can pull him aside in a secret place. I've got eyes and ears everywhere." After saying so, Izaya went off.
Celty bent down and picked up the dollar bills lying on the ground. Shooter was very happy to have an actual resting place.
After exploring this new world on her own for a while, shops were starting to open.
"I should make some breakfast for Shizuo... it's the least I can do for now. Wait. Why do I sound like a mom?"
Shizuo opened his eyes. He said he was getting tired, but in reality, he couldn't even get a wink of sleep. His stomach growled soundly since he didn't eat for a day, and he frustratedly rolled out of bed and dragged himself out.
He opened the fridge, and there was nothing. Shizuo wasn't even sure why he expected something to be there in the first place.
He walked out on the balcony to enjoy the peaceful sounds of birds chirping and closed his eyes.
The door slammed open, and Celty walked in with multiple shadows carrying large bags of groceries.
"Celty? How...how you buy all this stuff?" Shizuo asked.
"I got lucky and found my first client." Celty typed. But really, it was just a lie she came up with.
"Oh really? That's cool." Luckily, Shizuo was fairly gullible towards his friends and didn't ask any follow ups.
The smell of breakfast fills the room as Shizuo turns on the TV. The news starts showing the latest...well, news and Celty puts out a plate of food.
"It's pretty strange how this room Shizuo got is furnished, and provided with water , gas and electricity...Shizuo doesn't seem to notice either. Maybe it's for the better."
Celty takes some money from her pocket and hands it to Shizuo.
"Use this to buy some clothes."
"Thanks." Shizuo pockets the money and finishes his breakfast.
"I going out then. I'm going to try finding a job." Shizuo mumbles and leaves.
The door shuts and Celty tilts her head. Why do they sound like a married couple? She immediately gets the thought out of her head.
"I should get a job too. Shouldn't rely too much on Izaya."
A/N: Just to make sure, no. This story line does not feature any ships other than Celty and Shinra.
