they've got a little bit of catching up to do

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Who: Shinra Kishitani and Shizuo Heiwajima
Where: Shizuo's apartment
When: 3/09 evening-ish?
Style: I'll follow you!
Status: Closed

Today felt like a good day to pay Shizuo a visit.

Now that he was away from the comfort of his old apartment in Ikebukuro, Shinra was giving a go of breaking his old habits and exploring the town a bit more - even if that just meant lounging on someone else's couch instead of his own. He'd certainly met his fair share of new faces, but there really was nothing quite like talking to a friend from the not-so-good old Raijin days, who still remembered the ups and downs of Ikebukuro. Preferably one who wasn't Izaya.

Shinra opted for the short elevator ride up to Shizuo's floor, absent-mindedly tapping his fingers against the pockets of his lab coat as the doors slid open. He stepped out and bounded across the hallway with large steps, feeling particularly chipper as he rapped a fist against a sturdy-looking door.

"Hey Shizuo, it's me, Shinra!"

It had really been too long since he'd spoken with the blonde; after their first meeting got cut a bit short by a dramatic reunion with Celty, the commotion of Vatheon had sucked up far too much of the doctor's time. Plus, if what he had heard on the street was any indication, the blonde had plenty to tell him about. 

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"Message understood!" Shinra pulled his best innocent smile as he spread out in his seat, taking the gamble that he'd remain in one piece if he didn't push it any further. Shizuo was too good a friend to really throw a chair at him...he hoped.

"Well, you sure sound thrilled at the prospect." He chuckled lightly as he folded his arms behind his head. With Celty as busy as she'd been, he hadn't gotten the opportunity to tell even her yet. Their secret, if they thought of it that way, was still a secret with him. His grin widened as he pictured the dullahan's reaction to the news. It would be just adorable.

"How did that happen, anyway? You two becoming an item, I mean."

He'd been curious for just about as long as he'd known about their relationship. How did two people who had been hell-bent on destroying each other confess to feelings on the absolute opposite end of the spectrum?

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Shizuo didn't really consider it a secret. And if Izaya had told Shinra, then he probably wasn't trying to keep it under wraps, either. Which, he shouldn't. Because this was serious. Especially after everything they had been through to get there.

That question was a very loaded one. How they did become an item? There had been curses and kisses and promises and blood and stab wounds. Then Shizuo hurt Izaya and Izaya convinced Sola to jump off of a building and die, and Shizuo was upset, but then there was another curse....

Yeah. No way in hell was Shizuo going to get into that much detail. Just thinking about it was kind of frustrating. He didn't have the patience to recount it all.

"It just sort of happened. Slowly, though. During a fight, I caught Izaya and realized I couldn't kill him. And he couldn't kill me, either. And then a lot of stuff happened with curses. But we realized that we...you know." Shizuo sat back down, but leaned back in the chair to stair at the ceiling. "I don't know. He's always been the one person who could really handle me. And I handle him. And. It just happened." He sighed, thinking about how he risked their relationship, and how Izaya reacted. "It hasn't been easy, but I think we're finally there."

Sorry for the slowness! My mountain of schoolwork turned into an avalanche.

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The fact that Izaya had willingly told Shinra was a fairly good indicator that they were fairly open to telling others about their relationship - or, at least, that Izaya was. Shinra knew well from experience that if he wanted to keep something a secret, it would stay that way.

Shinra listened to Shizuo's very annotated story with an expression of curiosity. The fight was certainly nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, it was surprisingly fitting that their relationship would begin just as their acquaintanceship had: with a fist and a switch blade.

The realization that the two couldn't kill each other took a little more consideration on the doctor's part. He'd always wondered if, when push came to shove, Shizuo would be able to finish the job. Angered or otherwise, he was no killer. Izaya, on the other hand...

Well, he wasn't a firsthand murderer, as he'd always been careful to point out. Perhaps they faced some kind of stalemate when it came down to it: a literal match of brain versus brawn that ended in an unexpected kind of tie. Shizuo was right, they really were the only two who could manage to handle each other.

"Damn, I have the weirdest friends." He grinned at Shizuo, though it was easy to see that his well wishes towards the two of them were genuine. "Maybe your combined oddities will cancel out, and you'll miraculously turn into normal people."

No worries!

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It had been a stalemate of sorts that started it all. Shizuo wondered what would have happened if he had never caught Izaya, if they had never discussed need like they did. It was entirely possible that they would be in the same position - a thought that made him a little uncomfortable. He liked where they were, now.

"Nah," Shizuo replied with a shake of his head. He sat back up and turned his attention to Shinra once again. "Neither of us will ever be normal people." That's why acceptance had been such a big deal - and why it took such drastic measures to get there. "But maybe that's not so bad."

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It certainly would be interesting to see this relationship unfold. His smile grew noticeably wider as he thought of the two of them exchanging chocolate and flowers in the middle of the plaza. Of course, he was hardly in a place to judge; at least they were both human. This all certainly weren't traditional, but it looked like Shizuo was finally at peace with himself, and Shinra was happy for him.

"No, I think you're right." He chuckled as he took the liberty of propping his feet up on Shizuo's coffee table. "With any luck, this might even amplify your bizarreness until you destroy the entire bubble in a violent frenzy of love."

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Shizuo was beginning to feel at peace with himself. And Izaya had really been instrumental in getting him there. After all, there was nothing more powerful than having the man who once called him a monster and mocked him for lack of control tell him that he believed he could do it.

"I don't know about that, either," Shizuo replied, shaking his head at the exaggeration. Then again, it was him and Izaya they were talking about. "Hopefully we don't destroy anything."

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"That'll certainly be a first."

Shinra hadn't seen the two of them fight since they were all in Ikebukuro — it's probably the longest they've gone in years, from what he'd seen. He only hoped their relationship didn't end prematurely, for reasons along with his own sense of goodwill towards his friends: he could hardly imagine the level of destruction that would result from a nasty breakup between the two of them.

"That's always a good expectation for freshly bloomed love," He noted with a smirk. "It gives the phrase 'The course of true love never did run smooth' a very literal meaning in your case."

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Oh, Shinra. You are certainly right. A little unrest between Izaya and Shizuo had already led to some terrible things. Luckily, they have moved beyond that and it didn't seem as though they'd be returning to such events.

"Yeah. It really isn't easy." Shizuo gave a rough nod of agreement. "But it's working out, now. And I think that's good." Maybe it could even start running smoothly, now. That would be nice.

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"I'd think the same!" The whole bubble would probably benefit from Shizuo and Izaya staying on good terms with each other. Though, with them being far more than that as it stood, there wasn't too much to worry about at the present moment.

"A little 'physical activity' with Izaya might help your mood a lot, too," He lewdly noted. "Maybe all those anger issues were just a manifestation of your deprived libido." A quick, relatively painless measure of Shizuo's hormone levels would have many questions about his temperament ages ago, if only he'd ever agreed to a few tests at Shinra's hands. Luckily for him, Shinra wasn't one to easily lose hope.

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Shizuo glared freely at that. Conversations about his libido were off-limits, obviously, since it was a personal matter and none of Shinra's business whether 'physical activity' helped to vent his frustrations. "It's creepy for you to think about that stuff," Shizuo informed him, still glaring. "You shouldn't talk about it." There may have been a thin threat laced in that statement. Shizuo still wasn't above chucking at item of furniture at Shinra if he deemed it necessary.

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It was almost frightening how quickly Shinra could forget what would and wouldn't get him hurled into a wall in Shizuo's presence. It wasn't like these discussions bothered him, after all; there were few things, if any, involving the human body that could embarrass him in the slightest.

"I'm saying that a little bit as your friend who enjoys making you uncomfortable," He admitted with a lighthearted smirk, "But mostly as your doctor who's genuinely concerned about your physical well-being."

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"I don't need help with that," Shizuo replied, looking away. Shinra had no tact - as usual. He couldn't say he was surprised. "I'm physically fine. I'm always physically fine, you know that." That wasn't exactly the point of what Shinra was trying to say, but it was easily to broach the topic that way than with what Shinra really meant. Besides, Shinra probably did not want to fluster Shizuo too much, lest he did get furniture chucked in his direction.