Turnover

Chapter 24: Amends

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Izaya sighed and layed Yuu down on the bed. He put a blanket over the boy and looked at his phone timer, he could have just stopped it before Yuu woke up but he made a promise and he was going to stick to it. When that timer beeped he was going to leave the room and confront his problems head on.

He looked at his son's sleeping face and smiled. He looked so peaceful. He brushed the boy's hair out of his face and kissed his forehead before walking over to the door. He took a deep breath and looked at his timer.

5...
4...
3...
2...
1...

Beep. Beep. Beep.

He mentally braced himself before walking out the door. He peeked around the corner and saw that the group was still there. He mentally groaned, he did want to talk to them but he felt like Shizuo would throw his furniture at him if he were to say the wrong thing.

He quietly tiptoed down the hall and towards the group. They were still chatting and laughing at Sakura's bad jokes. Celty most likely noticed him but she didn't do or say anything about it until someone else noticed the informant.

Sakura was the one who noticed him. "Izaya! You actually came out of the room! I told you we didn't need to break down the door Shizuo." She said Shizuo's name in a condescending tone.

"You tryin' to pick a fight?!"

Sakura just laughed and stuck her tongue out at him before running over to Izaya. "Come sit, I made tea." She led him to the couch and made him sit where she was sitting, which was next to Shizuo. She sat across from them in a chair.

Izaya didn't say anything as he was forced to sit. Sakura poured him a cup of tea and crossed her legs, she pulled out a mini notepad and began writing in it. "Umm...what are you doing?"

"Oh just writing down how you act and stuff. This is now a therapy session to fix your friendship with your bestest friends, me and Shinra. And with your not official ex since you never technically broke up." She grinned innocently, though Izaya could tell he didn't really have a say in the matter.

Shizuo, of course, objected. "What the hell Sakura? You aren't even a therapist!"

"Ah my dear Shizuo, that's where you're wrong. I've been Izaya's go to therapist for over a year now." The female doctor seemed very proud of herself when she mentioned that fact.

Celty's shoulders shook as she watched the trio interact. Shinra did the laughing for her, he did a lot of laughing in her stead since she lacked her head.

"Anyways! First order of business. I believe Izaya has some apologies to say." Sakura leaned forward in her seat.

Izaya looked around nervously, he tapped his fingers on his leg as he tried to form a coherent sentence. "I'm sorry for everything I did in the past...I'm sorry for lying to you all. Sakura I'm sorry for making you and Yuu cry...I'm just...sorry...."

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Namie walked down the street. She had to stop at Yagiri Pharmaceuticals. She looked down at her phone to examine the picture Izaya had sent to her. This random guy was the traitor? She didn't even recognize his face and he thought he could usurp her? Please.

She grinned as she thought about her deal with Izaya. If all went well, that stupid girlfriend of Seiji's would get hurt or even die before this was all over. She smiled creepily as she daydreamed about a nice peaceful life with her brother.

A mother walking by quickly scooped up her child and basically ran past Namie. The assistant didn't mind, nobody could understand her feelings about her precious brother. She just wanted to be with him and protect him, was that so weird?