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[zelda_hylia]

Who: Shizuo, Zelda, Zelos
Where: Ordo 3
When: March 3rd, not long after Zelda spoke with Izaya
Style: I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH
Status: Semi-closed, if people would have a reason to be there then that's cool I guess

Zelda had grown angry again on her way home from the park. Sure, she didn't think that Izaya was a monster, but she also didn't think that he was necessarily a good person. Not anymore, at least. Oh, she would accept him if Shizuo seemed happy and if he never did something like that to Sola again, but she didn't like it. The way everything had fallen into place for him was absolutely maddening and it took a great deal of her willpower to not attempt to throw it all into chaos.

He deserved it, but Shizuo didn't. She sighed heavily as she got close to her house, wondering if Zelos was up yet.

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[a_violent_end]

Shizuo wanted to say a lot of things. He wanted to tell Zelda to take care of herself and to stay away from anyone who could hurt her. He wanted to let her know that even though he wasn't going to be around her, that she could always ask for help, especially if she needed him to beat someone up. He even wanted to promise that he'd be able to spend time with her again some day - but that was selfish and he wasn't sure if he could keep that promise.

Relationships came with sacrifices, and this was a big one. But Shizuo had made a choice.

He couldn't say the word goodbye, though. He returned Zelda's smile, and managed to do a decent job of it, because he tried hard. Then he gathered his bag and the cake, and settled on saying, "See ya."

[zelda_hylia]

"See you later, Shizuo." She raised her hand in a wave, then opened the door from him. She was upset, but resigned to it. She probably deserved to fully understand how it felt from this end.

[a_violent_end]

Shizuo walked out without taking a look back, and headed back to his apartment.

[zelda_hylia]

Zelda closed the door quietly and went up to her room without another word.

[chosen_gigolo]

Twenty minutes later, Zelos knocked gently on Zelda's door, tea tray in hand with a calming brew. He'd gotten that something deeper was going on here, hence why he'd locked Shizuo in to visiting again the next weekend. He could understand a jealous partner, but Shizuo distancing himself from a clearly mutual friendship... well, Zelos couldn't care less about Shizuo's reasons, he just hated to see Zelda upset.