playing hard to catch (shizuo heiwajima)

chapter 1

"shit" the raven haired girl muttered as she wiped the blood from her face. "not so tough now are you?" male one said with a smirk on his face while male two and three closed in on her.

er- maybe i should rewind a bit.

*2 hours prior*

"man what a drag.." the raven haired girl groaned as she walked through the streets of ikebukuro. this raven haired girl, also known as kanra orihara, wasn't exactly having the best of days. she was bored, lonely, and was going through problems concerning money and her apartment. 

she made her way over to russia sushi. "hello simon." she said waving at the male in front of her who was handing out flyers. "oh hello kanra!" he beamed at the girl. "here to try russia sushi? promise it won't make you sick." she shook her head no. "nah i just need advice on something."

simon was one of those few people who she could go to with her problems. "what is wrong?" he asked while trying to hand people flyers. "well you see..my job isn't really paying me enough and i'm having a hard time affording my apartment." lets just say her recent visit with tom takana didn't go over so smoothly. 

*flashback*

it was about 7 in the morning and a loud banging on her door woke her up. kanra didn't really care if she was in a tang top and gym shorts. moving tiredly, she opened the door. "what?" she groaned.

"do you have the money?" tom asked. "no. i told you i don't get paid till the end of the week now leave me alone." she moved to close the door on him but a foot was placed between the door and the wall frame. glaring, red hues met with brown one. "we've been asking for a few days now, damn it!" shizuo heiwajima growled through gritted teeth. "he needs the money now." kanra frowned. lets just say the rest of that moring was being neck to neck with shizuo.

*end flashback*

"why not work for russia sushi? employes get discounts." simon suggested. "eh..i don't that kind of job suits me." she frowned. kanra wasn't really the type of person to work in a resturaunt. "but thanks anyways.." she said bowing a fairwell to her friend.

continuing down the street, she took a short cut to avoid the rush hour. that led to one of her biggest mistakes.

*back to current time*

kanra was able to fight, but up against three men wasn't something she was able to defend herself from. as male two was about to hit her with a metal pipe, she closed her eyes and braced herself for the strike that could do some serious damage. her wrist was alread sprained from the fight and she was pretty much defeceless. unlike her brother izaya who could probably fight off 5 men at once. 

but the hit never came. shouts could be heard and the sound of objects being thrown could be heard as well. kanra opened one eye to see none other then shizuo heiwajima fighting off the three yellow scarves members. man number one who was seriously thrown across the ally laid there uncontious. while the other two men ran off in fear. 

"the hell were you thinking!" he shouted at her. she just kind of averted her gaze to the side and held her wrist which was now numb. shizuo sighed and knelt down in front of her. "did you hurt yourself?" kanra nodded, her gaze still fixed away from him. he stood up. "come on. i'll take you to get checked out."

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the walk back from shira's place was quiet and awkward. kanra didn't understand how earlier that day the two were arguing and insulting each other and now they were walking side by side as if they were the best of friends. her gaze was focused on the street ahead of them. her now bandaged wrist was at her side. 

as the two walked, her hand would occasionally brush against shizuo's. a blush forming on her face every time it happened. she sighed. "i'm sorry..." 

"for what?" shizuo asked now looking at the raven haired girl as they walked. "for everything. i'm sorry i don't have the money to pay tom. i'm sorry i was insulting you earlier. i'm sorry i'm being such a burden to you right now." she rambled on about all the mistakes she's made so far that day. she stopped walking and just stared at her feet. "its fine." shizuo said while lighting up a cigarette. 

"..." kanra didn't know what to say really. "i know but-" 

"its fine. i'll sort things out with tom. and you're not being a burden." shizuo said cutting the girl off. she looked up at him and their eyes met. "ok then..." she trailed off and continued walking.