Hi everyone! Sorry, I know it's been awhile since I last updated. I'll try to give you some longer chapters and make my updates a bit less far apart. Once again, I do not own Durarara, and any comments are greatly appreciated and welcomed!

"Well, here we are," Shizuo said as Kida, Tom and he stopped in front of Raira Academy. They had gotten there fairly quickly and Kida wouldn't be too late.

"Alright, well I should get to class, so I'll see you later," Kida said as he headed into the front gates and waved. He was about half way to the front door when he heard something that made him stop and turn around.

"Kida."

Shizuo had only said Kida's name, but it was enough to make Kida stop and turn around. Since they had met, Shizuo had not said Kida's name once without it being due to Kida correcting him.

Shizuo and Kida just stared at each other for a moment. Kida could see in his peripheral vision that Tom was also looking at Shizuo. But after a moment, Shizuo looked down and said, "Nevermind…Bye. Let's go, Tom," and turned to leave with Tom.

Kida wasn't sure what exactly that had been about, but after watching Shizuo and Tom for as far as he could from where he was, he turned back around and headed into the school.

Tom was really surprised as he and Shizuo walked away from the school, because he thought that Shizuo looked slightly embarrassed. Tom had never seen Shizuo embarrassed in all of the time that they had known each other. To see this high school boy, Kida, make Shizuo act so strange made Tom even more curious about their relationship. Kida was an interesting kid, and Tom could only hope he would get closer to Shizuo.

Shizuo didn't know what was wrong with him. As they walked away from Raira Academy, Shizuo was still questioning why he had called out to Kida like that. It had just been something about watching Kida walk away…Shizuo had call out to him without even thinking about it. Shizuo was unsure what had made him call out, and he felt a strange feeling. He had lost control of himself before, but never like this. Shizuo simply wished that no one had seen that. But as he continued walking with Tom, he couldn't help but wonder why he had called out. He knew that he had a few things he wanted to talk about with Kida, but this was not the time nor the place. He wanted to talk to Kida about what he had said the other night, and what he had meant by it. He also wanted to learn more about Kida, but at the same time wanted to distance himself from him. He wanted to tell Kida to stay away from him. That being with him was dangerous.

Why Shizuo had called out and talk to Kida when he knew they both had somewhere to be was irrational. Kida had school, was already late for it. And Shizuo had work to do with Tom. Why Shizuo had called out to Kida, knowing all of this, was a mystery to him.

"Hey Shizuo," Tom said, pulling Shizuo out of his thoughts.

"Yeah?"

"Who was that kid? You guys seemed pretty close." Tom said, watching Shizuo's reaction out of the corner of his eye. Tom was curious about their relationship, but unlike most people, he cared about Shizuo and didn't want to push him.

"He's no one. Just some kid." Shizuo's answer was quick, but after a few moments of silence and Tom watching Shizuo out of the corner of his eye, Shizuo relented, "The kid's named Kida. I ran into him the other day while trying to end that damn Izayah. Had to take him to Shinra's to get his head stitched up," Sizuo said, still looking ahead and keeping a straight face.

"Oh. He seemed pretty fond of you." Tom noted as he turned his eyes back to the road. However, right as he was looking back ahead of him, he saw the slightest twitch of Shizuo's lips, indicating a smile.

"You think so?" Shizuo asked, but became annoyed with himself for saying anything as soon as the words had left his mouth. " I think he's just like a puppy and would be fond of anyone. So, what's the address that we are going to again?"

Tom took this as a sign that he should drop it, and he did. He told Shizuo the address for their collection and they continued on in silence.

"Masaomi!" The door to Kida's class room slammed open, and everyone who was still in the classroom turned to look to the door. In the doorway stood an out of breath Mikado, who blushed furiously when he realized there were still so many people in the class room. It was in between two of their class periods and usually the students would wander out of the classroom for a bit before their next teacher came in. This is probably why Mikado thought that there would be less people to see him come storming into Kida's classroom. Mikado looked down and walked over to Masaomi's desk.

"Oh, Mikado! Did you miss me that much? I only didn't hang out with you one night." Kida said as he threw an arm around Mikado's shoulder.

Mikado shoved Kida's arm off of him and looked at him with wide eyes, asking in a hushed voice, "Were you walking in with Shizuo Heiwajima this morning?"

"Yeah."

"I thought you said to stay away from him?! Isn't he dangerous?!" Mikado looked very worried. Although Mikado was keeping his voice low, Kida could hear a slightly panicked tone in it.

"I did say that…but today was kinda unavoidable. You should still be careful of him. You've seen him throw vending machines and rip garbage cans out of the ground. You know how strong he is. You need to be careful."

"What about you? Did something happen?! You came to school late with him and you're hurt…" Mikado brushed some of Kida's hair out of the way to reveal the bandage wrapped around his head.

Kida playfully smacked Mikado's hand away from his head, saying, "Oh, are you worried about me? This is all because you and Anri left me alone yesterday. My rebellious side came out and I got into some trouble." When Kida said this, all of the color drained from Mikado's face and Kida couldn't help but laugh. "I'm only joking. It's not a big deal. I'm fine."

"I-" Mikado was cut off by the bell and, although he looked like he still had something to say, turned to head back to his classroom. Looking back over his shoulder, Mikado told Kida, "don't think we're done talking about this. I'll see you later."

"Yeah, yeah. I'll see you later." Kida said as Mikado went out of the room and headed for his class.

"I swear, I don't have the money you need. I mean, there's no way I would, right? That's too much to expect! I just need more time! I don't have anything for you!" The man exclaimed loudly, trying to close his door on Tom. Tom put his hand firmly on the door and held it open.

The man was starting to piss Shizuo off. As Tom reiterated the amount that the man owed and that it needed to be paid today, Shizuo tried to let his mind wander. He had almost finished the milk that he'd had with breakfast and he needed more eggs. He would stop by the store before going home. Maybe the new movie that Kasuka was in was out on DVD, so Shizuo could look for that at the store as well. Unbeknownst to anyone, Shizuo owned all of the movies that Kasuka had been in, and when Kasuka had started appearing in movies Shizuo had tried going to see the first showing for all of them. However, as Kasuka became more and more popular, there were more and more people who went to the first showings of Kasuka's films. After a few fights, Shizuo had been banned from the movie theater. Which wasn't a big deal, since Shizuo only went to the movies to see the films that Kasuka was in. But it did bother him a little that he couldn't see Kasuka's films when they first came out.

Shizuo was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of the door rattling. He glanced up to see the man was trying to shut the door on Tom again. The man still had the chain on his door and was still spouting off his nonsense. As the man started to pull the door closed again Shizuo snapped and kicked the door open.

However, instead of just kicking the door open, Shizuo kicked the door off of it's hinges and sent the guy flying back into his apartment. Shizuo had only meant to knock the door open, but he was beyond the point of caring. Shizuo took a few steps into the apartment and glared at the man, who was lying on the floor staring up at him in disbelief. Shizuo made an annoyed noise in the back of his throat, but then heard something; "Shizuo, are you ok?"

Shizuo stopped, not taking another step towards the irritating man, like he had been about to. Tom set his hand on Shizuos shoulder and stepped around him. "Now, what were you saying about that money?" Tom asked, looking down at the man.

The next few minutes went by quickly, as the man gathered the money that he needed and gave it all to Tom willingly. However, Shizuo was distracted…why had he heard Kida's voice in his mind?