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Between You and I 8 anonymous January 28 2011, 18:40:21 UTC
Izaya was a bit surprised to see the car stopping in the basement of Namie’s apartment.
“We’re going to your place?”
“I can get the car to take you home-”
“No need. I wanted to talk to you as it was.”
Namie nodded curtly and escorted her to the living room.
“You might want to take a shower.”
“So true. I can still feel that creepo’s hand, yucks.”
Izaya took a long shower in the hopes that Namie would just so happened to drop by. When that did not happen she decided to be pro-active.
“Namie? Could you get me an extra towel?”
She waited with what she knew to be silly anticipation. Izaya stepped out the bathtub with her best smile on and nothing else.
“Here.”
“Thanks.”
For a long time, long enough for Izaya to feel remarkably awkward and even shy, Namie stared at her naked body without as much as blinking. Izaya was going to break the silence, having forgotten to even wrap the towel around herself, when Namie did that for her.
“I don’t understand you. I already proposed that we have sex but you declined and now you are most definitely trying to entice. It is contradictory behavior.”
Izaya sighed.
“It’s not ‘enticing’ it’s ‘seducing’ and clearly failing miserably.”
She wrapped herself in the towel and fortunately Namie saw fit to leave. Izaya took time getting dressed to gather her bearings before ambling to the living room rather forlornly. Izaya blinked at the wrapped package on the low table.
“What is this?”
“Open it.”
Izaya did so.
“It’s a dolphin plushy! Is it for me?”
“I got the impression that you really liked it.”
“It’s so cute. Thanks!”
Izaya hugged her brand new toy and stood on tiptoe to cast a kiss on Namie’s cheek. It was a spur of a moment impulse. Izaya was surprised at her own forwardness.
“Glad you liked it. By the way, I also got you a taser and the address of a good place for learning self defense techniques.”
“Ah…”
“As a woman you must be extra careful about protecting yourself. Do you carry your switchblade?”
“Of course.”
“Where is it?”
“Right here.”
Izaya was rummaging through the many contents of her cool purse when suddenly Namie lifted her and pushed her against the wall, holding her above the floor. Then carefully let her down.
“If I had bad intentions there was nothing you could have done to prevent me.”
“Lesson learnt…can’t you just tell me these things?”
Namie handed her the plushy, having noticed that Izaya was shaking a bit.
“I have your best interests in mind. You’ll remember it better this way.”
“Right…”
“The problem with these purses is that it takes a long time to find anything in them. Keep your blade in a pocket and be ready to produce it in a split second.”
“Like this?”
Izaya extracted the extended knife. Namie nodded as if pleased.
“Precisely. You have an advantage, assaulters will not expect a girl to have white weapon. As long as you keep it handy I don’t have to worry, I know your knife skills are exceptional.”
“Why, thank you.”
It was not exactly the kind of compliment Izaya wanted but it was better than nothing.
“Just remember that no matter how skilled you are your blade is worthless if you can’t reach it in time.”
“Point taken.”
“Also, you should train parkour again. Your body is lighter so you should be more agile but your muscle strength has decreased and that is vitally important for propulsion. You can’t just jump as you are used to doing.”
“You’ve really given it a lot of thought.”
“Of course. I want you to be safe first and foremost.”
“Self defense techniques, huh…”
“Don’t worry, they won’t deform your body.”
“I have a feeling you know that first hand.”
Namie nodded.
“True. Being a woman does not mean being defenseless.”
“Heh, I know. I always had the idea that you could break my back. Same goes for my sisters, actually.”
“Speaking of them, I got two tickets for a dolphin show in which people can swim with the dolphins afterwards. Each adult ticket doubles for minors so you can take them with you.”
Izaya took the tickets.
“How about I bring you instead? It will be fun! Come on, Namie. Give the dolphins a chance.”
“Alright. I suppose I can do that.”

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