Before Raira Academy.

"You're going to find yourself in a morgue," Izaya said, frowning at Shizuo who was lying in a hospital bed with a glare directed at the ceiling. His brother, Kasuka and Shinra sat on the other side, while Izaya's own siblings were running around in the hall.

"More like we're going to find him in a morgue," Shinra said, raising his hand with a bright and unnecessary smile on his face.

Shizuo let out a low growl, his hand squeezing the small milk bottle before rising slightly off the bed and throwing the carton at Shinra who was knocked off his seat.

"Oww!"

Kasuka shook his head at Shizuo as he winced in pain before falling limp against his pillows.

"Izaya! Izaya!" Mairu and Kururi ran into the room, both small with dark brown hair, one wore glasses, while the other trailed behind. "Give us money! Money, money, money!"

"For what?"

"Vending machine," Kururi replied, pointing at the open door.

"Get me something too, Kasuka," Shizuo said to his brother who nodded and rose from his chair.

Izaya sighed and passed money to Shinra. "Get them one thing each."

"Yeah, yeah, we'll be back," Shinra said, holding his red cheek as they all scurried out of the room.

Izaya turned to Shizuo who was looking out the open window at the dusk sky. He broke an arm and a leg, his hair was brown and he had a permanent frown since he arrived at the hospital.

"Shinra says the other guys were a lot worse than you," Izaya said quietly, moving his chair closer to the bed.

Shizuo grunted.

He leaned on the bed, "Do you usually pick up people and throw them twenty feet? I'm still wondering if Shinra was lying and you actually got a hit by a truck."

"Does it matter?" Shizuo asked.

"I just want to see what kind of monster you are."

Shizuo turned his head and glared at Izaya. "Is that why you're here?"

"Believing someone's word is hard when you haven't seen the evidence to back it up," Izaya replied.

For a moment, Shizuo's hand curled into a fist before he sighed, relaxing the tension in his body. He stared at the ceiling and said, "I got hit by a truck. It's more believable."

Izaya chuckled, imagining the possibilities made him giddy. "I can't believe that every truck in the city hates only you. That you continuously make visits to the hospital with broken bones and is still able to fight afterward. Shinra and your brother aren't shocked by the pattern, so how could I be shocked when I visited you for the third time this month."

Shizuo snorted, narrowing his eyes at Izaya. "I knew you were going to become a pest the second I set eyes on you."

Izaya stood, pressing his hands on the bed and leaning toward Shizuo. "Is that love-at-first-sight I'm hearing?"

"Shut up."

Izaya sat back in his chair when Kasuka, Shinra and his sisters returned. His sisters showed him what they got from the vending machine, while Kasuka was opening a bottle of milk for Shizuo. Shinra sat by himself, holding his own drink and swinging his legs beneath his chair.

"You're coming to Raira next year, right?" Shinra asked, addressing Shizuo.

Shizuo nodded. "Yeah."

Izaya smiled as his sisters rambled on, but what he was more excited was next year that he got to attend school with Shizuo. A monster he wanted to see in action since Shinra brought him up. His bones healed remarkably well and he had a tame disposition when you spoke privately with him, but in the open, his temper surged through his entire body. A simple lit fuse and destruction followed, it was only when someone either knew how to control the destruction and rarely, like his own brother and his friend Tom. Or someone who enjoyed inciting the destruction, Shinra or possibly himself. He wasn't sure where he stood, but he knew one thing that pulled him toward this particular monster.

He was interesting.

Notes: I wanted to write this because of a lot of opinions on Tumblr. More that the opinions kind of inspired me to write this than anything else. It's not a message or a change of thought. It's just a Fanfiction of Shizaya. :) There is a time skip here and there, but the moments during are what I'd like to focus on instead of the overall.

The chapter length will vary.

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