A Night to Forget (Izaya/Female Reader)

A Night to Forget

Life had surprisingly been kind to you lately. You finally got accepted to do a year of study aboard, and better yet, to a place you always wanted to visit and live – Japan. The industry you were hoping to get into had an amazing course offer within the Tokyo ward, and your university managed to help make it happen.

You were informed that you'd have some English-speaking people to be around you, but you opted to learn your Japanese, which you had been doing regularly for years. However, moving to another country did create a daunting feeling. You so badly wanted to make it work and create friends out there, that you decided to find some social media platforms to connect with people over there that could help find your way.

You came across a site that had a ton of chatrooms that connected people from all over the world. It seemed like an easy and viable way to at least get familiar with others. Searching the site for a chatroom that was located near where you'd be living, you managed to find one. It didn't take long before you felt like you were hitting it off with the people in the chatroom, even if it was only three members excluding yourself.

One of the members called Setton, came across as the parent of the chat. They were making sure that you had everything prepared for when you were moving out there; a place to stay, money for bills and food, maps for finding the best nearby food places and a means of transport. You really enjoyed your conversations with Setton, though they always had a case to run off abruptly to do some errands. It often made you think about who Setton really was and if they'd be a person that was anything like their persona on here.

Another member of the chatroom was a guy named TarouTanaka, of which you assumed wasn't their real name. He was the main one who understood your current situation as he too was moving to the same area from living in a remote countryside town. He shared your thoughts about how moving to the Ikebukuro and Shinjuku area would be a nice change, as well as sharing new places to check out.

However, the final member of the chatroom remained to be an enigma to you. Kanra, as they went by, seemed to always know the going ons around the city at an alarming amount. They seemed to have a newfound enjoyment in scaring you of the area by stating such stories as the so-called Headless Rider, and these gangs known as the Dollars. It became more concerning when they started to mention about a guy named 'Nakura' getting teenage girls to commit suicide. You started to question yourself if Ikebukuro/Shinjuku were really this unsafe, but Kanra never stated that you shouldn't move, instead they were recommending a place named 'Russian Sushi', explaining that the fatty tuna was the best on the menu.

It was hard to take Kanra at their word, but after a bit of web searching you came across results that did match up to messages, but you pushed that aside. Nowhere in the world was truly safe, and maybe something interesting might add a bit of excitement to your life.

Upon arriving in your new comfortable apartment, you spent the next few nights trying to keep to a routine and discovering the safe and fastest places to get to and from the University. You still regularly made sure to check in on the chatroom, mainly to let Setton know you were safe.

One night when you agreed to go out drinking with a couple of friends you made on your course for the first time, you noticed some messages on the chatroom. You decided to check them out while getting ready to go out, asking them how safe it was to be out this late in Shinjuku.

You received a private message from TarouTanaka, which caught you by surprise.

TarouTanaka: Just as a heads up, I've been warned to stay away from two notorious men in the area. They're called Shizuo Heiwajima and Izaya Orihara.

Before you could try to get any sense or explanation behind the warning, he had logged off. Then Kanra responded to your chat message.

Kanra: Shinjuku is not as dangerous in comparison to Ikebukuro. You'll be safe 😊