Story: Fear of the Unexpected

Summary: Various oneshots where various characters are afraid of thunder and lightning, in which other characters find out and comfort them. No pairs.

Disclaimer: I don't own Durarara!

Chapter 1: An exbartender and a certain flea. Sorry if it's ooc... T.T

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It had started off with the typical dog and cat chase, then it began raining, then he ran into a warehouse, then Shizuo followed him, then this happened.

"Oi, I~zaaa~yaaa-kunnn~yooo~" Shizuo aproached the closet that his rival had obviously threw himself into, holding a street sign at his side.

"Such a brute you are, Shizu-chan. You've cornered your mortal enemy until he can't esca-"

-Boom

A loud roar of thunder filled up the room and interupted Izaya's speech. They were silent for another moment. Izaya couldn't help but wonder why Shizuo hadn't ripped the doors off, already.

"...Can't you let me go just this once, dear Shizu-chan~?"

"That's not happening. Now open up the doors or I'll rip them off."

"Sigh... I figured as much. You're so unreasonable Shizu-chan. Such a mons-" another roar filled the warehouse, seemingly taking him by surprise.

"Oi, flea. Are you afraid of thunder?" Shizuo stifled a laugh.

"Who knows, Shizu-chan? Why should I tell a monster like you?" Izaya replied in a mocking tone.

"Answer the question." Shizuo said, straight faced.

"Maybe I am. Maybe I'm not."

"I said answer the fucking question, you bastard." Now he was getting annoyed. Why couldn't Izaya just tell the truth for once? Maybe they'd get along better if he did. Then again, most probably wouldn't believe him at this point, even if he did.

"..."

"Okay, I guess you'd like it if I picked up this wardrobe and threw it outside, then."

Izaya didn't doubt him and immediately cursed this existence known as Heiwajima Shizuo, but decided to fight against his pride on this one.

"Fine, I'm afraid of thunder, alright? Are you happy now, single cell Shizu-chan?"

"Yeah, thanks. Never would have guessed you could be honest."

"Quit patronizing me."

"I'm not. Just stating a fact." Shizuo clarified.

"A fact that I don't need to hear." Izaya retorted proudly.

"Whatever. I'm leaving." said Shizuo, causing Izaya to freeze.

Like he wanted him to stay there anyway. Well, even if he did-

"Good, I'd rather hear the loud and unpredictable thunder over Shizu-chan's loud unpredictable mou-"

Izaya's silence during the next roar of thunder was the only truth Shizuo needed.

"Why don't you just ask for help?"

"Help? I've always done things alone, Shizu-chan. Now is no different."

Alone? Ah, that's right... He always does things alone. Both of us do.

Walking over, Shizuo forced the doors open, revealing tears in Izaya's eyes.

"I'm here, flea," Shizuo closed his eyes, not able to look at that. "and I'm not leaving, so just be honest and cling to me if you need to, just this once. But in the future, please find somebody else if you could."

"Shizu-" and before Izaya could speak, he was suddenly being embraced. The first and largest most comforting sense of warmth he'd truly ever felt seared through his senses and he froze. How was he suppose to act?

"Should I just return it?"

"Yes, just return it. It's okay, Izaya." his mothers voice from all those years ago had suddenly rang in his head, and for one of the first times in his life, tears fell from his features.

"Just return it? Ah, that's right... Yeah... Just return it." He muttered, lifting his arms around Shizuo's tight embrace, tightly hugging back practically for dear life, before laughing a bit sadly.

"Thank you, Shizu-chan. You're just way too kind."

"Tch, it's only natural to help someone who actually does need a shoulder to lean on at times, even if they did bring it on themselves. It's not like I care. I just can't stand to see you look so weak and out of character, you damn fleabag."

"Yeah, I suppose you're right." Izaya let a pathetic laugh. "But thanks anyways, you mongrel."

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A/N: I hope you all liked it. Next chapter, it may be Shizuo who is afraid of thunder and Izaya comforts him. I plan to eventually have one where Kasuka comforts him, too.