Week 3 - Sunday

[bladeisme]

[It's been a long, long weekend. It's one that Izaya has probably watched like the creeper he is, noting that on friday, Ichigo went into the bar and practically never came out - that he's been drinking not for enjoyment, but to knock himself out the quickest - and he's been pointedly ignoring his partner, who he was practically glued to the hip at in the weeks before.

But it takes until Sunday, when Ichigo sobers up enough to finally make his way over to Izaya, looking miserable as he draws the other man into somewhere safe and secure so they can talk.]

Izaya....

[Ichigo presses a hand against his face, swallowing hard.]

I...I think Akira's a Reaper.

Comments

[voyeur]

That kind of Composer... is probably one that's very tricky to take down. Even by the standards of Composers.

[bladeisme]

I know. This was probably his way of getting me out of the way before I got strong enough and he got complacent enough to underestimate me.

But...What else can I do? I can't - I can't abandon them. A game like this - he'll probably run one as soon as I come back, there's absolutely no way he's not furiously taking notes and talking about experimental data or whatever.

[He runs a hand through his hair, sighing.]

...You've - got large wings. I...don't know your game, or your composer...But I'm glad that you haven't had to kill Players as much as I've had to.

[voyeur]

Honestly... I wouldn't say I'm a kind person. Probably, there are people who would call me a villain. I'd rather say I'm someone who has taken his hobby too far, but if someone wanted to hate me for it, I wouldn't disagree.

Even so, I wouldn't like working for a Composer like that. [He smiles. There is a bitterness in it.] After all... The only lie in my performance when I killed Dahlia... was simply a dishonesty of 'when' it happened.

Anthy doesn't sound bad compared to what you have.

[bladeisme]

[...Izaya is -

He's someone Ichigo can never quite figure out, honestly. Every time he tries, it's like he reaches a wall or a bend in the road, and Izaya's himself runs off, defying understanding.

Yet, at this moment - for some reason, Ichigo feels like he understands, if only a little bit.

He really is someone who loves humanity, isn't he? For better or for worse.]

...She's a little better, yeah. And - it's nice to know that the whole thing with Dahlia wasn't entirely fake.

[There's a long moment of silence, and then -]

...So...what now? If Akira is a Reaper, then...what do we do?