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Chapter 15: The Shortest Straw

When Celty went back to Izaya's apartment in the middle of the night, she found the woman on the couch waiting for her.
"How's Shizuo?" Izaya asked, curious about how injured the beast had to be to make Kasuka mad enough to show up at her door and threaten her.
Celty approached her hesitantly.
[ I'm sorry I left without telling you. ]
"Did you know that Kasuka showed up while you were away and attacked me?"
Celty almost dropped her PDA.
[ WHAT?! ]
"You heard me. He pinned me to the wall and threatened to do something about it if I don't stop going after Shizuo's life."
[ I can't believe he'd do that. ]
"He did, but it doesn't matter. I don't think he'd have the courage to actually do something about it even if I were to kill Shizuo with my own two hands," she said and laughed maliciously.
[ I shouldn't have left without telling you. ]
Izaya waved a hand dismissively. "Forget about that. Tell me how Shizuo is doing."
[ He's been stabbed... and many of his bones are broken. ]
"I knew he'd get out of it alive. He's really strong," said Izaya with a sadistic smirk on her face. "Now I have to come up with a new way to hurt him some more. This is really fun."
Celty tensed; she was really starting to hate this whole thing between Shizuo and Izaya. Yes, Shizuo had been an asshole but Izaya was somewhat of a bitch too. Both of them were crazy and they were driving her insane. Humans were truly scary...
"You know, I've been thinking, perhaps you should take a day off tomorrow," said Izaya with an innocent smile on her face.
[ What? Why? ]
"I bet you miss Shinra. Go spend the day with him and Shizuo if you want, I don't mind."
[ Really? ]
"Really. Actually, you can leave now, I bet that Shinra will be happy to see you."
Celty was unsure of what to say.
"No one will follow you to find Shizuo's hideout, so relax. The game would be too boring if I were to kill him when he couldn't even defend himself," said Izaya, the sadistic smirk back on her lips.
[ Ok, thanks, I'll be back the day after tomorrow. ]
Izaya watched her leave and immediately pulled out the phone from her pocket. "Let's make the trade tomorrow," was all she said before ending the call and putting the phone back into her pocket.
She was actually really pissed off at Celty but she couldn't afford to show it because she needed the Dullahan away from her for a day so she could acquire her head and hide it in a place where she wouldn't find it. It would've been best to keep it inside her apartment but she couldn't do that while Celty was there because she might end up finding it by accident. Kasuka's unexpected appearance had pissed her off but the call she had gotten from Namie soon after that made her forget all about it. The woman was in trouble and she needed to hide for a while, and who was better to help her with that than Izaya? Namie was probably pissed off at having to give away Celty's head but she wasn't stupid enough to value a head more than her own life. Izaya almost couldn't believe that she would finally get Celty's head because it sounded too good to be true.
She got up from the couch and went to her laptop to check some places where she could store the head. It was risky but the only other choice she had would be to give up on Celty being her bodyguard and she wasn't sure that was such a good idea after almost getting Shizuo killed. She stopped typing on her computer and leaned her chin on the back of her hand as she gave the whole situation some thought. If Shizuo was truly injured as badly as Celty made it sound then the brute would be out of the picture for a while so perhaps it was easier to just bring Celty's head to her apartment and to send the Dullahan back to Shinra, at least until she could find a safe hideout for the head. It was better not to rush things.
Izaya closed the lid of her laptop, got up and went to bed. No matter how much she wanted to stay awake she had an important day tomorrow and it was best if she got some sleep. There was always the possibility of things going wrong, like Namie changing her mind or the people who were after her finding her before she'd be able to make the trade. Yes, she needed rest, so she closed her eyes and let her mind drift off to sleep.
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Celty went back to Saburo's place and knocked on the door a few times before Kasuka opened it.
"Celty-san, what happened, why are you back?" asked Kasuka, his eyes red from lack of sleep.
[ Is Shinra still here? ]
"Yes," said Kasuka and moved out of the way to let her in.
They moved quietly as to not wake up Saburo who was sleeping on the couch and went to the bedroom where Shinra was watching over Shizuo.
"Celtymylove!" said Shinra as he ran and pulled her into a hug. "What happened? Why are you back? Not that I mind of course..."
Celty's fingers were twitching, the temptation to smack him and push him away really hard to ignore. She had missed him though, so spending one day with him was a chance she might not get again anytime soon.
[ Izaya told me to take tomorrow off from bodyguard duties. ]
"Really? I find that hard to believe," said Shinra as he went back to check on Shizuo, not missing the fact that Celty wrote something on her PDA and showed it to Kasuka.
"I'm sorry," said Kasuka.
"What happened?" asked Shinra.
"I went and threatened Izaya to leave nii-san alone," said Kasuka.
"What?! Are you kidding me? You know you shouldn't mess with her... she's... she's a dangerous woman."
"I know, I was just... I'm not sure how to explain it, but I think I lost it."
Shinra looked at him in surprise. "What exactly did you say and do?'
Kasuka actually winced at the question.
"What did you do...?" asked Shinra again.
"I pinned her to a wall..."
"Gah!!!!!" screamed Shinra. "Are you insane?! You don't pin a rape victim to a wall, especially when you're the rapist's brother," he said, then immediately regretted it when Kasuka cringed at his words. "Sorry, I'm sorry," he added as he fixed his glasses. "I shouldn't have said that."
"It's fine," said Kasuka, "I shouldn't have done it. I'm angry and I don't know how to deal with this feeling."
[ I'll see what I can do about it when I go back to Izaya. Perhaps she'll understand. ]
"That still doesn't change the fact that she tried to kill him. I don't know what to do anymore," said Kasuka and took Shizuo's limp hand into his own. "I understand where she's coming from, but she's hurting my brother and even though I know that what he did was horrible I'll still always take his side over anyone else's."
Shinra put a hand on Kasuka's shoulder and squeezed it gently. "I understand. I've known both Izaya and Shizuo for a very long time and it pains me to see them hurt each other. It's not like in the past, when all I had to fix were broken bones or knife wounds... this is so much worse."
Kasuka never realized until then how hard it must've been for the doctor to see his best friends fight and hurt each other. It was easy for him to pick a side but Shinra had known Shizuo for much longer than Izaya and yet Izaya had been the one who got hurt.
"I'm going to get some fresh air," said Shinra as he removed his hand from Kasuka's shoulder. "Celty, come with me."

Kasuka watched them leave then turned tired eyes towards Shizuo. God, he looked horrible, this new Shizuo hardly reminding him of his brother before he ended up screwing up so badly. He wondered how could Shizuo make such a mistake but then he remembered that what he had just done was not that different. Perhaps he was starting to understand him a bit. If he were to take the anger he felt and multiply it a few more times... well, it really was no wonder that Shizuo could lose it so easily. He looked at Shizuo again and stayed like that, his eyes fixed on his pained face until Shinra and Celty came back.
"I've decided to visit Izaya tomorrow since I need to have a talk with her anyway. I'll try to find out if she plans to make you pay for your actions tonight and if yes then I'll try to make her change her mind. Trust me, you don't want Izaya pissed off at you, it's already bad enough when she gets interested in people and decides she wants to play with their lives," said Shinra and sighed.
[ I'll stay here to guard Shizuo in case someone finds this place. ]
Kasuka pulled the blanket higher over Shizuo's unconscious form. "Thank you, both of you."
Shinra sat down on the chair and tried to make himself comfortable while Celty brought another one closer to his and sat down as well. Shinra immediately let his head rest on her shoulder and smiled when she didn't push him away. She was starting to fall for his charms.
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Izaya was woken up the next morning by someone ringing the doorbell. She got out of bed even though she wanted to sleep for a while longer and went to see who was the person who had nothing better to do so early in the morning. "Ah, it's you," she said as she moved out of the way and went back inside, leaving Shinra to close the door. "You're here to bitch about me trying to get Shizuo killed?"
"I don't bitch! Now you're just being rude."
"Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm tired of people telling me what not to do. If I want to crush Shizuo then I will, and I don't care whether you people like it or not," she said just before taking a seat in her office chair.
"Right, whatever you say, I'm not here to fight."
"How's Shizu-chan?"
"He'll live, no thanks to you."
"Aww, I'm sorry, oh wait, no, I really am not. That protozoan deserves everything he went through and much more," said Izaya and started spinning in her chair. "I hope he's in a lot of pain. Ahh... wouldn't it be nice to see him cry? Hmm, I'd really like to see that."
"Wow... you even scare me sometimes, and I'm not that easy to scare."
"Ahh, thank you~! I'm glad to know that I can still scare people... all things considered," said Izaya, her tone filled with bitterness.
Shinra sighed. "Listen, this is really driving me, Celty and Kasuka insane. I know that Shizuo was a dick... ok, perhaps I shouldn't have used that word," he said as he awkwardly scratched his head, "but the two of you have to understand that whatever you do affects the ones around you as well."
"Tch!"
"It's true. Take me and Celty for example. I rarely get to see her anymore because of this whole bodyguard thing. How am I to make her my wife if I can't even work my magic on her?"
"Believe me Shinra, if you haven't succeeded in making her yours until now then you never will. How many years has it been since she started living with you?" said Izaya chuckling. "Many many many years!"
"Hey, I was a child you know!"
"Of course," chirped Izaya as she kept spinning. "As for Kasuka..."
"No! You will leave him out of this!" hissed Shinra.
"Aww, but he attacked me first," she said in mock hurt. "You know how traumatizing it can be to find yourself restrained again, no fun at all."
"He wouldn't have done anything and you know that."
"Do I? Do I really know that? I also never thought his brother would be capable of more than breaking a few of my bones."
"You never told me what exactly happened that day."
"Are you kidding me?" said Izaya in disbelief. "Why would I ever... why the hell would I tell you what he did to me in detail. You must've hit your head or something."
Shinra rolled his eyes. "That's not what I meant. Besides, your wounds told me everything I needed to know," he said and winced when Izaya suddenly stopped spinning and gave him a death glare.
"Well, good for you, and since you seem to know everything then don't ask me stupid questions."
"What I want to know is what happened before... before he attacked you. What was different this time?"
Izaya stayed quiet for a while, Shinra patiently waiting to hear what she remembered of that day.
"I was passing through Ikebukuro and I happened to see Shizu-chan flirting with this bitch across the street. The slut was all over him, and he was smiling and flirting back. He was totally into it, so I though, why not mess with him when he seemed to have such a great time?" Izaya said and started laughing. "Haha! Can you imagine his face when the bitch turned around and left?"
"Iza-"
"It was hilarious!"
"Izay-"
"I totally fucked up his day!"
"You're a fucking idiot!" Shinra shouted.
Izaya froze, stunned at Shinra's outburst.
Shinra frowned. "Are you stupid?"
"Excuse me?" Izaya hissed.
"I won't deny that you're smart, but you can also be extremely stupid sometimes."
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"
"I know you love to troll people but there's only so much someone can take before snapping."
Izaya glared daggers at him. "Are you trying to say that it was MY fault?"
Shinra banged his fists against the desk, the unexpected gesture making Izaya jump out of her chair and back away until she hit the window.
"No! Don't you dare look at me that way!" growled Shinra. He ran a shaky hand through his hair and moved away from the desk. "Don't you dare look at me with those eyes... like... like I'd ever hurt you," he said angrily. He should've known better. Just because she seemed fine it didn't mean she actually was. That look of terror that flashed her eyes made him sick to his stomach. He took a few more steps backwards and sat down on the couch. "Never... look at me like that again," he repeated.
Izaya watched his every move, not daring to relax until he finally sat down. She was almost as stunned as he was that she would react like that but after her run-in with Kasuka she couldn't help being jumpy. When that irrational fear took over it didn't matter if the one in front of her was her best friend, her body simply reacting on instinct.
"Then don't fucking tell me it was my fault, you bastard!" Izaya snarled, more angry at herself than at Shinra.
"I didn't say that! But there's only so much someone can take before losing control. You even made the usually emotionless Kasuka lose his, hell, even I lost it just now."
"It's not my fault you idiots can't control yourselves!" she snapped, then sat back in her chair.
"No offense Izaya, but for example, if you had somehow ruined my chance to get laid with Celty I'd never talk to you again," he said seriously.
"He was just talking to some random bitch!"
"We don't all have a special someone! Dammit Izaya, I'm not trying to justify Shizuo's actions, but even you should realize that it was a stupid move. So you have this guy who hates your guts, and who's about to get laid, and then the woman he hates more than anything in the world chases away his potential sex partner leaving him angry and most likely horny too."
"You don't see me jumping the guys I hate when I get horny!"
Shinra narrowed his eyes, a knowing smile gracing his lips. "No, you don't do that, instead you chase away said guy's potential partner."
"Fuck you! I've never felt any sort of attraction towards that protozoan! What is there to like about him? He's stupid, violent, unpredictable and a complete monster!"
Shinra shrugged. "Only you know the answer to that question."
"I do not like him!"
"Yeah right," said Shinra and rolled his eyes, "he most certainly doesn't like you either."
"What the hell are you trying to say?"
"He obviously likes you!"
Izaya looked at him like he had grown a second head. "A few minutes ago you were saying he hates me. Besides, you don't rape someone you like... you're insane Shinra."
"Just like you hate him. I know for certain though that he's sorry about what he did."
"He can take his 'sorry' and shove it up his ass!"
"All right, all right, forget about it."
Izaya crossed her arms in front of her chest and glared at Shinra. "If you're done talking then leave."
"Not before you promise me that you won't do anything to Kasuka," said Shinra and crossed his arms as well.
Izaya chuckled. "He's just a little fish, so don't worry about it. The shark is the one I'm after."
"Promise?"
"Why do you care so much?" asked Izaya, slightly amused.
"I can't deal with even more shit right now!" Shinra said and raised his arms in exasperation. "I'm tired, and I just want some peace and quiet. I miss the days when all I had to worry about was how to get into Celty's pants!"
Izaya burst into laughter. "If only Celty could hear you now..."
Shinra smiled. "Let her hear it! A man has needs you know!"
"You're an idiot," said Izaya, "but an idiot I care about, as much as I don't want to admit. I really shouldn't put some humans above others. Stop making me break my own rules!"
Shinra smirked then, a smirk that sent a shiver down Izaya's spine. "It's fine, I'm not like all the other humans."
"Hah, that's right," said Izaya and started spinning in her chair again. "You're somewhat of a monster too, otherwise I would've gotten bored years ago."
"Now I feel hurt Iza-chan. Are you telling me that you've been playing with me all these years?"
"The world is my playground, so what did you expect?" said Izaya, a smirk splitting her face in two.
"I'm not sure whether to feel privileged or hurt. Anyway, I must go, I'll see you around. Hopefully you won't try to blow me up or something along with Shizuo."
Izaya snickered. "I'll try not to."
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After leaving Izaya's place, Shinra went back to Saburo's apartment. "We're going to have to move Shizuo soon," he told Kasuka as he checked to see if his state had worsened or improved while he was away.
"We can take him to my apartment," Kasuka offered.
"No, like I said, they will look there eventually."
"Then what can we do?"
Shinra smirked. "There's this place I own, and no one knows about it. You can stay there with Shizuo for a while, until we can fix this."
"I don't want to impose on you more than I already have."
"Don't worry about it, you won't. Like I said, no one knows about that place because I don't live there. They will check here as well sooner or later, because Dotachin is a friend of Shizuo and Saburo is Dotachin's friend. It's best not to underestimate the Awakusu-kai."
"I see. In that case, thank you."
"No problem. I'll go clean that apartment with Celty before you two can move in. Call me if there's any change."
Kasuka nodded, then watched as Shinra left. He lowered his head on the bed and fell asleep there.
When he woke up it was to the pleasant feeling of someone patting his head, and he immediately recognized the hand as belonging to his brother.
"Hi sleepy head," said Shizuo with a smile on his face even though his body was in agony.
"Nii-san! You're awake!"
"Of course I am, I'm a monster after all. Not even a fall from the fifth floor can kill me," he said and smiled bitterly. "It would've been better if I had though."
"Don't ever say that again!" snapped Kasuka.
Shizuo was startles for a second, not used to seeing Kasuka raise his tone when talking to him.
"I don't care what kind of person you are!" Kasuka continued, his tone still higher than normal. "You'd better not die and leave me alone!"
"I'm sorry," said Shizuo softly, "I shouldn't have said that."
"Promise me!"
"What?"
"Promise that you won't leave me alone!"
"I promise..."
"Remember your promise."
"Ah fuck," hissed Shizuo.
"What is it nii-san?"
"Everything h-hurts. It's hard to breathe too."
"Here, take these," said Kasuka as he handed him a few pills and a glass of water. "Shinra brought these for when you wake up."
Shizuo swallowed the pills with the water and tried to relax, knowing that it wouldn't help to complain about the pain. "I'll have to thank him when I see him," he said and handed the empty glass to Kasuka.
"He went to clean some apartment he has. He said we can stay there until we find a way to fix the mess Izaya got you into."
"No, I don't want him to get involved in this. I'll be fine, just give me a couple of days and I'll be like new."
"Nii-san! You're hurt, badly, and you can't even move by yourself. Stop joking around, you won't be fine for a while, and all because of that... because of Izaya," said Kasuka, his tone more hateful that Shizuo had ever heard it.
He narrowed his eyes at Kasuka and tried to figure out what was wrong with his little brother. The usual Kasuka was impossible to read but the Kasuka in front of him seemed really angry. "It's fine, don't worry about it," he said, hoping that Kasuka would calm down but his words seemed to make him angrier instead.
"It's NOT fine! You could have died, and all because of her! We have to do something about her nii-san, we need to find a way to stop her from going after you."
"Whoa, what's gotten into you?"
"It's all because of her! It's a miracle that you survived this time, but who knows what she'll do next time?!" said Kasuka and banged the glass against the desk.
Shizuo watched in disbelief at all the emotions his brother was showing. "Look, I don-"
"I'm back!" said Shinra as he barged into the room. "You're awake!" he nearly squealed in delight when he saw that Shizuo was conscious. "You gave me a scare there! An almost-heart-attack! I'll hold you responsible if I end up dying of a heart attack because of you."
"Hah, nice to see you too," said Shizuo, amused by the doctor's antics. He'd really missed Shinra.
Celty entered the room as well.
[ I'm need to do an errand. Can I go? ]
"Of course! I'll walk you to your bike," said Shinra and they both left.
Shizuo's head hung low, the pain of having disappointed Celty hitting him anew. He didn't have any right to complain because he had been the one to screw everything up.
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Chapter 15: The Shortest Straw