Teach Me How To Love (Shizuku x Male Reader) [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter Nine

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"Why the fuck are you even here?"  A boy tosses you to the ground and starts kicking you while his friend make a circle and laugh and sneer. You curl into a ball, unable to do anything. "Hey! I'm talking to you! No one wants your spoiled ass around here. Tell you and your parents to scram!"
"Yeah!"
"Scram!"
"Spoiled ass!"
His friends join in on the kicking, and after a few minutes they get bored. "You better not show your stupid mug around here again!" The boy and his friends walk off, leaving you on the road, bloodied and broken. You lay there for a while, still curled in a ball. After a while, you start to cry. "All- All I wanted was some friends... I just want people to talk to, to laugh with..." You pull up your sleeves and stare at your wrists, deep cuts all over them. Your parents always said you have tons of potential, and push you to work hard, but you're never happy at home.

You sigh. You started cutting yourself at the age of 10, due to the overwhelming feeling of loneliness and failure that you constantly carry. "I wish it would just all end right now..."

"Well I'm sure someone out there loves you." You look up. A boy with an Afro smiles down at you, holding out his hand. "I'm Uvo. Cmon, get up. These streets are dirty." You oblige, and follow Uvo to a bench, where the two of you sit. You introduce yourself, and the two of you talk and talk and talk, until your parents finally find you and take you home. You smile at him. "Thanks for being a friend." He smiles back and gives you the thumbs up. You turn to walk towards your parents, but suddenly they're gone. You turn back to Uvo and you see him, all grown up and wrapped in chains. "UVO!" you scream. But before you can do anything, the chains tighten, and Uvo is dead.
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You wake up, sweaty and screaming. Shizuku grabs your arm. "Hey, what's wrong?" You turn to her, breathing heavily. "Uvo... Uvo's dead."

A few minutes later, you and the rest of the Troupe are gathered in the main room. Phinks scowls. "Why the fuck are we up so early? It's 4 in the morning, what the hell?!" Chrollo sighs. "Yes, it's a pain, but I think y/n has something important to say." You nod. "I know I'm not any fortune teller or anything, but Uvo's dead. I'm sure of it." Nobunaga stand up, angry. "How the hell would you know that?!? How?"

"Well" you say, "I had a dream. It was about when I first met Uvo. It was more of a recollection, but it went over all the details of how we first met. And then he was wrapped in chains and killed. Not only that, but he agreed that he would be back at one. Uvo has always been punctual about time, and it's 4 in the morning." Franklin nods. "That's true. Let's suppose he's dead. What do you suppose we do about it?" Your face grows serious. "I say we go after the little shit and kill him." Shizuku shakes her head. "I disagree. We don't want to risk anymore lives. We don't know if the Chain User has any companions, or his abilities besides his chains." You frown. "I don't care. HES DEAD!" Shizuku sighs. "The Troupe is more important." Shalnark snickers. "Couple things." Machi smacks him on the head. "Now is not the time, you dumbass."

Chrollo stands up. "Right now, I think we should stay and wait. You see what happened with Uvogin, and as much as it hurts, it's smarter to play it safe. I think we should wait till noon. If Uvo is not back by then, we'll assume he's dead. In the meantime, we'll stay at base. Now you're all dismissed. Meet back in here at noon." The Troupe goes back into their rooms, as do you and Shizuku. Shizuku gets into the bed, while you sit on the floor, overwhelmed by anger and sadness. Shizu turns her body so she's facing you. "Hey, I'm sorry. I know there's something wrong. Can we talk about it?" You sigh. "Do you see now, Shizu? Emotions are shit. I know it's the smarter move to stay here but it's killing me. I cared about him Shizu. I cared about him." Shizu climbs off the bed and sits next to you and wraps you in her arms. "It's ok, y/n. It's gonna be alright. Besides, without emotions, you can't feel happiness, right? And life isn't worth living without happiness. That's what you taught me."

You smile. "I know, I know. It just hurts so much... and I can't even imagine what it'd be like if I lost you." Shizu smiles. "But that won't happen. At least not for a while." You wrap her in arms around her and pull her in. "Yup. I love you." Shizu hugs you tighter. "I love you too." The two of you stay in the embrace for what seems to be ages until you hear the snap of a camera and see Shalnarks face in the doorway. "You piece of shit!" You run out of the room and tackle him to the floor. But you're smiling, even as you're cussing at Shalnark on the top of your lungs. You're happy to have met the Troupe, and especially Shizu.
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