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He remembered, when he interferred with Shizu chan. He remembered how they were surrounded by Shiki's men and he remembered how Shizu chan took the bullet for him. Everything was cleared as crystal. Right now he was in the bed and the covers were draped over him and it looked like a cocoon of covers. He got up just to find himself in his hotel room.
There was no one else besides him and the room seemed to be empty. After getting ready Izaya made his way to his neighbour who happened not to be in his room. So Izaya headed for the dinning. His eyes searched for a mop of blond and he found him on one of the tables eating breakfast. Izaya smirked.
Shizuo had another terrible experience last night when he finally slept, the receptionist banged the door to let him know that the week was over and his reservation had been cancelled. Shizuo controlled himself from actually tearing his limbs apart and threw some bills on his face. Now he was totally out of it. Dark circles and swollen eyes were saying it all. He had a cup of coffee in his hand and news paper in the other. The temper had still not settled but he was managing. Then he heard a knock on his own table. Lowering the newspaper , those red orbs with a wide leer came into his focus.
"What do you want?", He asked almost growling under his breath.
"Oh Shizu chan why so rude, I thought we had somethings to discuss.", He raised his eyebrow. Placing his face in the cup of his palms and elbows on the table. Shizuo watched him deadpanned and continued reading the paper. Well he wasn't really reading the text but ignoring the raven infront of him.
"What?, I dont want to talk.", He said rejecting the raven who pouted at the response. "Common. Let's go to the beach.", He offered and Shizuo watched him from above the newspaper.
"Which part of 'I don't want to', you don't understand?",he growled and waiter came to serve Izaya's order. That shut Shizuo up. He wasn't annoyed but he was trying to hide that enormous amount of embarrasment from last night that he could die and Izaya seemed to be least affected.
"Listen Shizu chan. No matter how much you avoid me, I am not going to forget anything again. So just give in already.", He purred, lifting the cup and Shizuo kept his eyes fixed on the text whereas those tiny orbs were fixed on him all the time.
"Say Shizu chan.", He placed the cup on the table watching Shizu chan who had appearently finished reading the paper and was folding it now. He raised his brows inquiring and Izaya continued.
"Do you have someone special?", He asked fearing that Shizu chan might snap but to his surprise he remained silent. This silent was somehow comforting for him. This could the the forebearer of that storm which already had begun in his mind. It had devastated his thoughts and his very existence. In the end Izaya would make sure who ever they are, he will make their live miserable.
"I wonder who is it?", He finished and watched Shizu chan who seemed petrified and seemed lost somewhere. Izaya tilted his head in confusion but then suddenly Shizu chan grabbed his arm. "You wanna know?", Izaya's witnessed the smile, soft and lacked any grudge. Almost friendly. He noded and there, soon he was walking behind Shizu chan who was probably going toward the ocean. That ocean where everything started.
This was the same beach he met Shizu chan a month ago and lost his memories. It was afternoon and they had chosen the hotel to order lunch. The tuna melted on his tongue and Shizu chan drank vodka. Izaya feared he might get drunk but he didn't. The people were friendly. There was a performance going on. A dark skinned singer wearing bikini was singing a pop song. Shizu chan joined the band as violinist. Izaya took out his camera to film the whole thing. He wasn't sure if Shizu chan was drunk or not but that he didn't want to miss those priceless faces he would make after watching himself. And quite the contrary to what he had thought, Shizu chan was good at playing it. The way his muscular arm holding the stick, slipped over the strings and his chin supporting the violin itself. His face was tilted a bit and his vision trailed that neck. Oh gosh.. This all made him blush so hard that he considered the possibility of actually running away or knocking Shizu chan down. How comes a dumb protozoan could suddenly get that sexy? His face was red and he sat on his table hidding his embarrassment when the waitress joined him.
"Your partner is shinning there!", She said while winking and Izaya noded, blushing. Then she sat down joining Izaya, placing the elbows on the table and cupping her face in palms while watching Shizuo lost in violin and the singer singing around him and doing some crazy dance moves.
Izaya knew this woman. She was the same who had served her before. And she looked familiar. Right now in all that ruckus she was writing down something on a notepad. She tore that piece of paper and folded it and gave it to Izaya and waved at him before leaving the hall. He unfolded the paper.
'It's you....', it read. He looked up at the man who was returning the instrument and noding to all that praise he had earned in last ten minutes. Izaya smiled at Shizu chan. He felt warm. Warmth of someone wanting him. He, who was hated by everyone in Ikebukuro was loved by the man he had annoyed the most. He felt ease washing down his body. The tension left him and he slumped down in the chair. The glass Shizu chan had left still had vodka in it and he reached for it.
Cheers to his luck....
They stayed there a bit longer drinking. Izaya ordered tuna three times and shizuo stayed contented with the booze because Izaya had done solo over vodka and he was nowhere near sober. His skin was flushed and he was saying shit non stop. His voice was hoarse and Shizuo's mind hot back the time when he had to carry him back. Then he waited for the sun to set and made their way to the beach. Izaya was wobbly on his steps but he managed with Shizuo's help whereas Shizuo wanted to carry him.
The starry sky was beautiful as he looked and frowned over the idea of actually counting them because Izaya had told him to.
"Hey Shizu chan?", He grabbed the hem of his shirt and pulled him close to his level. "You should just stop hurting.", Shizuo watched the drunk flea in front of his eyes who had said he should stop hurting." And whose fault is that?", Shizu murmured but his bad because Izaya heard him. He raised his face and looked him into his eyes. "It's your fault.", Shizuo felt thin finger trailing his chin." Your fault for loving me.", He leaned forward to give him butterfly kisses on Shizu chan's cheeks.
Shizuo's eyes widen in disbelief. He never told Izaya then who did?, He was puzzled and Izaya didn't care to explain. Both sat there in silence before Shizuo patted his head like Izaya was a child and grinned. "Stalking me aren't ya?", Izaya blushed. "Ne Shizu chan, a waitress came to me and gave me this." He took out the paper from his pocket and handed it to Shizuo who took it and opened just to find an upper case bolded, 'ITS YOU..'. written over it. "Did your friends help you get to me?", He asked with the smug and Shizuo controlled the sudden urge of diving inside and destroy the ecosystem again but this time it was different as he was trying to hide that massive red on his cheeks.
"I dunno who gave you this.", He gave it back but suddenly his mind looked over the suspicious vibes Hiro had given him before he left. Then he remembered how Hiro was the first person he saw after turning into merman. She was there to help him. And now, she had helped him once again. A soft smile made its way to his lips and stayed there long enough for Izaya to notice.
"What makes you smile Shizu chan?", He asked and Shizuo nodded. "Hiro gave it to you.",He told him and Izaya watched him perplexed. "Hiro?", "She is a mermaid too.", He smiled and reminscened how he was interested in meeting one but now that interest was lacking as he was sitting with one.
Then he saw Shizu chan getting up and extending a hand towards him. "Let's go.", He said. The moon behind him was shinning brightly and he grabbed that arm just to be dragged by him as they both neared the water. The breeze was cold. He was fast as he carried Izaya with no effort and both of them dived in the water.
Izaya saw a sudden flash of blue light and a blue tail with black patterns took place of his legs. He was mesmerized by the beauty he contained. Those golden eyes with pale skin. Shizuo didn't let him go instead he crashed his lips on Izaya making him squirm beneath him. Izaya broke the kiss and narrowed his ruby eyes. "Don't you dare erase them this time or I...", He tried to warn him but Shizuo didn't even let him complete the sentence before kissing him again and his time he deepened the kiss as a toungue followed its way in Izaya's mouth. It felt amazing. Izaya wanted to stay like this forever. The deep blue sea was never this generous and he wanted to enjoy while it lasted.
"Unbelievable.", Namie had screamed banging on her table giving Izaya that "won't wash" look. Izaya shrugged his shoulders before rolling his eyes on her and she cut the tongue.
"You are telling me to believe that you and Shizuo hewajima are dating?". She walked towards Izaya who was revolving his chair in circles and already annoyed by her over reaction.
"It's upto you Namie~~.", He purred while filing his nails and watching them after intervals She stood up from her desk and dumped a bunch of files over his.
"Woah Namie getting angry already?", He joked and she smiled. "Did you find out who erased your memory?", She poked his forehead and Izaya flinched. She was reaching him from the opposite end of table.
"Yeah I did.", He trailed off staying silent hinting that he didn't want to tell her. Namie retracted from the table upon that turning back on him and watching him over her shoulders with eyes narrowed, "so it was him", She didn't wait for the answer and Izaya didn't bother give her one. Packing her stuff she headed for the door planing on seducing Seiji and killing that leech off him. Izaya watched her as she banged the door behind her. He sighed. Life was never so daring before. He checked his wristwatch as there was still time left to meet Shizu chan while sorting his files in the computer. The book was sitting in his shelf across the room as he glanced at it. The bright face of the waitress popped up in his view. And he recalled the client had some similarities to that woman. He facepalmed himself.
"So it was all set from the very beginning huh?",
"What about that receptionis?, He seemed a normal guy but hey I'm not even sure about that.", He giggled. Giggles turned into laughs and laughs turned into hysteria. Outside his door Shizuo was waiting for the fervour to pass so he could actually hear him knocking while Namie stood there giving him dark 'you hurt him and I will personally see your demise', looks.