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[a_violent_end]

Who: Shizuo and Izaya's roommates
When: After his fight with Vegeta
Where: Izaya's place
Style: Prose?
Status: Open to Izaya's roommates!

After his fight, Shizuo could only think about Izaya and how he wanted to prove to the informant that he didn't need him anymore. It was over. Shizuo had met someone who was better and stronger than he was - a challenge. He had something to work toward, now. He didn't need to rely on Izaya's whims and fall into Izaya's traps. He wanted him to know that. He wanted to see the look on Izaya's face when the informant found out.

The original reason for the fight was temporarily overshadowed by this plan.

He showed up at Izaya's place and almost barged right in, but then remembered his conversation with Laharl. Izaya had roommates. So he knocked instead - impatiently.

Comments

sorry, going out of order because Sola just told me he needs to leave the scene RIGHT now

[replicatedcourage]

Dimly through the rush of blood to his face Sola heard Shizuo idly contemplating Zelda's gift and the world suddenly snapped back into focus. That's right, why was he getting so worked up? Zelda said they're friends, and she may be nice to him now, but that bit of strained sadness in her expression whenever they talk, whenever he does something just a little like Link...

There's no way she could ever feel the way about him that he feels about her. She even had Shizuo to protect her while Link's not here. He was here before Sola, and was stronger and better equipped to do so, after all. Sola was frustratingly aware of his shortcomings, his inability to understand why people do what they do without every bit of minutia being explained. 'She always does very nice things' for Shizuo, huh? She does nice things for me too, but... probably only because she feels like she has to.

And who's to say these feelings of his were real either? If Link felt the same way, then weren't they just left over from when Sola was created as his shadow? He couldn't say anything to her until he'd sorted that out. He wasn't even really sure if he wanted them to be real or not, thinking he knew Zelda's answer if he were ever to act on them.

Sola stood up, setting his teacup down on the tray with a small clatter. "I'm tired, I'm gonna take a nap." Without waiting for an answer, Sola retreated to his bedroom and locked the door behind him.

MY BABY T_T

[fonmaster]

Ion realized quite suddenly exactly what was wrong with Sola. He stood up halfway before realizing that he couldn't just leave a guest sitting there.

"I-I'm sorry, he's, ah..." he waved his hands about lamely. Ion knew in that moment that he was going to have to ask a very awkward question - but Sola was his friend, and he would ask it.

"You are... just getting her something as a friend, right?"

[a_violent_end]

It wasn't that Shizuo was stupid. He just did not have much experience when it came to relationships - friendships included, but he especially didn't know a lot about romance. It did occur to him, as Sola stood, that maybe he had upset him because Sola wanted to get Zelda something. But then - they could both get her something, so why was he upset?

"I didn't mean -" he started before he fully registered Ion's question. Oh. Oh. That..."No! I mean - yes. I don't - no. It's not like that. I -" He had never thought of Zelda like that - in fact, it had never crossed his mind - but now Sola's reaction made sense.

Shizuo stood, feeling awkward. He fumbled with his glasses, and then patted his pockets for his cigarettes. "I should go," he mumbled. "Tell Sola that I didn't mean - this. Zelda's just my friend."

[fonmaster]

Ion nodded, quite relieved. Yes, Shizuo was acting awkwardly (who wouldn't after a question like that?), but he wasn't blushing or showing any signs that he wasn't being truthful. "I'll tell him. We can just forget about this next time, alright? Take care, Shizuo."

[a_violent_end]

Shizuo nodded, setting his teacup back on the table. "Thanks," he said, hoping that Ion got that it was for both the healing and the tea - Izaya's tea. In Izaya's house. Talking about Valentine's Day. Maybe this was an event about which Izaya shouldn't be told...

He left, glad for the opportunity to have a cigarette, especially since he still had to tell Zelda about how he hadn't been able to beat that "spiky man."