Story: Tides
Rating: M-MA
Triggers: Bullying, Smut, Rape, Gay themes
Summary: A new school, new and old friends, and enemies galore. Especially for Izaya and Shizuo who just can't seem to get along. But one will find out that the tides that pull away will bring them close together. But will the other accept?
Genre(s): Drama/Romance/Angst
Pairing(s): ShizuoxIzaya, TomxShizuo, ShinraxIzaya, KadotaxIzaya, ShinraxCelty

Chapter 4: Like Oil and Water; We're Polar Opposites

"I really hate your friend, Shinra." Shizuo growled at his friend, looking at his tightly bandaged hand. He had managed to fracture it a bit, colliding his fist hand first into the unit, and it hurt any until after his mom made him soak his hand in an ice bath while being rushed to the hospital. It was the start of a new school year and already his parents were worried Shizuo would get kicked out or some other manner. He could only blame that kid. What was his name?

Ishia? Isiah?

Whatever; not like Shizuo really cared so as long as he stood out of his way. Shinra laughed lightly at Shizuo's comment, obviously making light of the situation as always. Shinra always came off as aloof to Shizuo, but could be serious when he wanted to be. Sometimes it annoyed him.

"Izaya said the opposite about you last night. He said he liked you a lot." Shinra mused lightheartedly, then went into thought. "Which doesn't really surprise me, seeing as how Izaya likes all Humans."

"Huh?" Shizuo's face contorted into that of confusion. "The hell does liking all humans mean? Weirdo..."

This got a laugh out of Shinra. "Yea, that's a normal reaction." He put his hands up when Shizuo threw a glare his direction and let out an irritated swear. "I just mean, normal people would say that liking all humans is weird right? Calling Izaya weird or strange for liking humans. It seems impossible to like an entire race right?"

Shizuo raised an eyebrow in confusion. Sure, it was weird for claiming to love a whole race. Was it like he loved humans like someone claimed to love cats or dogs? If that were the case, it made it seem like Izaya had some kind of god-complex. With this, Shizuo clicked his tongue.

"Who does he think he is...?"

Shinra laughed again, albeit softly this time. "He is a weird one, but I don't doubt his claim. After all there are many forms and expressions of love."

Shizuo couldn't deny that, but it was too weird...or rather strange? In a sense it could be possible for someone to love humans (there's a name for those kinds of people; philanthropist), however the way it's executed, the way Izaya seemed to execute his love for him seemed off. Would you really injure someone you loved with a knife? Or make them injure their hand on your first meeting? With those thoughts, Shizuo wished to mentally vomit at acknowledging Izaya's twisted love for humans. It didn't matter. Shizuo wanted nothing to do with him. And even though Izaya might "love" him, Shizuo had no intentions on returning it.

In school, Shizuo was glad to not have ran into Izaya, nor did their classes seem to correspond to one another. Which was a good thing. The less Shizuo had to see Izaya the better; in fact this was great since Shizuo felt a great urge to avoid him at all cost. With the talk about Izaya and his odd quirk, Shizuo almost forgot the underlying problem: his anger.

The fight with with those bullies, or thugs yesterday greatly sickened Shizuo. He could only assume Izaya did something to send them after him, however not too long ago, gangs would go actively seeking Shizuo and fight him. He wasn't particularly strong, however Shizuo had stamina, never got knocked down, and had a killer punch. He always remained the last to stand in the midst of a brawl once he was angry and didn't stop until the last man was a bloodied mess on the floor. He wouldn't even do anything to provoke anyone to fight him. one person got a taste, and cowardly gathered more and more people who came to take him on. He even missed school for a month being hospitalized for broken bones, and major scarring.

He just wanted to live his life normally; peacefully. It would be a pain if it happened again this year, hence why he chose a school quite a ways from his house, where few others who attempted to bully him would probably come. Shizuo hated losing control of himself, because once, he hurt someone innocent trying to protect them. He couldn't even apologize to them afterwards, feeling ashamed he couldn't control his anger and hurt someone he wanted to protect.

Shizuo sighed, gazing at the sky above him. If the sky could stay peaceful like this; if the water would always ebb and wane peacefully, always... If there were no turmoil, maybe the world wouldn't be such a twisted place, right? That's what he wanted. For a moment, he thought about Izaya, which was strange.

"I wonder why he's so twisted..." Shizuo muttered to himself.

"Who?"

Startled, Shizuo jolted up from his position on the roof to see Izaya hovering over him. He held a mischevious, child-like expression that pissed Shizuo off a bit. The blond clicked his tongue in annoyance, not bothering to answer his question, and instead crossed his arms to guard himself. "Why are you here? I told you I didn't like you."

The other teen laughed at his reaction and shrugged. "Am I not allowed to wander where I please? Besides, I didn't come here looking for you, although since you are, I get to mess with you, ne~"

"I don't have time for your childishness, you. Get outta my sight." Shizuo spat angrily. Just having him around irritated him honestly, and Shizuo just wanted to relax before next class period.

"Close your eyes then, Shizu-chan, then you won't see me."

What a smartass.

"Go bother Shinra or something. Weren't you two friends in middle school?" Shizuo said dismissively.

"Friends?"

Shizuo was almost taken aback by the way Izaya repeated the word, almost like he hadn't considered Shinra was a friend before. Even his face looked slightly puzzled at the idea of Shinra being a friend. But as soon as Shizuo began to think otherwise of Izaya, the black haired teen laughed.

"Sure. I suppose we are friends, but we aren't that close." Izaya giggled and waved his hand dismissively. "He's too caught up in his love fantasy of Celty. It's rather annoying having someone like that around."

Shizuo rolled his eyes and turned away from Izaya. "Whatever. Just go away. The sight of you is disgusting."

"...I know."

Shizuo turned around to look at Izaya as he said that, but he was gone. Something inside throbbed in Shizuo's chest. Something about that sense of confirmation... in a way it unnerved Shizuo.

Whatever kind of sympathy Shizuo had for Izaya dissapated instantly upon returning to class. Students had gathered around the raven haired teen, whom smirked at the blonde as he entered the classroom before the final bell for class. They smirked and giggled, as Izaya held up his phone and waved it around.

"Shizu-chan should really learn how to tuck his shirt in. You do it like a pre-schooler~" Izaya teased, flashing a picture of Shizuo with his shirt tucked in his under garments. The blond fury blushed, roaring after Izaya and reaching for a desk, however with his fractured hand he couldn't do much with it, and instead chased him out of the classroom and down the hall. Izaya laughed with mischevious delight at seeing Shizuo chase after him, pissing Shizuo off even more.

It was just as the thought; he really really hated this guy!

Author's note: Uwaaa A I'm super sorry about the late update! My computer crapped out on me, and I have to get it fixed, and I had to rewrite from memory what I wanted to write. T-T The computer matter has been very stressful for me, but hopefully I'll have it back running sometime this week or next. There will (hopefully!) be another update soon to pardon my tardiness. Pls don't get mad at me TwT