Not the Right Question
Featuring: Izaya, Shizuo
Written by: Vecker
Word Count: 230

“Do you think I’m a monster?” The bartender looked up from his hands and over towards the information trader.

Sitting behind his computer, Izaya did not return his glance. The informant’s response was calm, blank and without hesitation, “Of course.”

Shifting his eyes up towards the bartender; Izaya saw Shizuo look back down at his opened hands. The bartender began to carry a grim expression. Izaya stood up. He began walking towards Shizuo, breaking the tension with his words.

“Shizu-chan was dubbed the most violent man in all of Ikebukuro,” Izaya smiled in his approached. “He is a very scary monster.” Stopping just in front of Shizuo, the information trader bent down, looking up to attract his glance. “Shizu-chan knew this answer already.” Capturing his gaze, Izaya now stood up straight, placing his hands inside his coat pocket. “Every day you ask me the same question and every day I give you an unchanged response. The facts will never change that Shizu-chan is a monster.” He paused, his eyes seemed to glint in tone, “But that’s not the question Shizu-chan really wanted to ask was it?”

The information trader now returned to his desk, sliding into his swivel chair as he spun it back towards his computer. “Perhaps Shizu-chan should stop asking the questions he already knows the answer to and ask the questions he actually wants the answers to.”