Your New Roommate Shizuo x Reader

“You couldn’t have gotten that scheduled any other week? You knew I was coming this week and now you’re dumping me off to some guy I don’t even know?” You huff in frustration as you and Kyohei ride up the elevator in the apartment building.

“I already said I’m sorry [name]. I’ll make it up to you after this week is over. Besides, you’ll like Shizuo. He’s been my friend ever since middle school so I know he’s a cool guy. He does have a bit of a temper though so try to watch what you say.” Kyohei chuckles nervously and rubs the back of his head. The elevator stops at the top floor and the elevator doors open. You grab your suitcase and roll it out, Kyohei behind you holding your other two bags.

“Room 32 at the end of the hallway.” You walk to the end of the hallway and stop in front of the door to wait for Kyohei to catch up to you. He sets down your bags and knocks on the door a few times, waiting for someone to answer the door. After a moment, the door swings open with a tall blonde standing behind it. His hair is disheveled and his white shirt is wrinkled, indicating he just got out of bed. A cigarette hangs limply from his mouth and his piercing honey eyes scan you and Kyohei.

You flinch slightly at his gaze and can’t help but think that the man is very attractive. “This is the guy that has a temper? He doesn’t seem like he does. Sure he’s a bit scary looking but that doesn’t mean he gets angry at the drop of a hat,” you think to yourself as you scan the blonde.

“Sorry to wake you up Shizuo but can we come in?” Shizuo yawns once and pushes the door open wider so you and Kyohei can enter with all of your stuff. Kyohei puts your bags near the couch and plops down onto it. You sit down gently on the couch and smooth out your pants. Shizuo takes a seat on the dining table in front of the two of you and lets a puff of smoke escape his lips.

“So who’s the girl Kyohei? Your girlfriend?” You and Kyohei look at each other for a second before bursting out into laughter. Shizuo raises an eyebrow at the laughing and waits for it to die down.

“Sorry Shizuo but that was too funny. Nah this isn’t my girlfriend, she’s my best friend. Shizuo, this is [first name] [last name]. [Name], meet Shizuo Heiwajima.” You smile and hold out your hand. Shizuo lightly shakes your finger then places his hand on his knee. You frown at his weak gesture but don’t comment on it and return your hand to your lap.

“So why is she with you? And what’s with all the suitcases?” You tilt your head in confusion at his questions and look to Kyohei. He blushes and laughs sheepishly, scratching his cheek.

“You didn’t tell him did you?’ You sigh and cross your arms as Kyohei nods slowly. He swallows and rubs the back of his neck.

“[Name] is an exchange student from America and she’s going to be attending the college here. I was supposed to house her until she left for college but my house is having renovations done. I’m staying with Saburo right now but I was wondering if you could take care of [name] for the week?” Kyohei has a hopeful tone in his voice as he looks to the blonde.

Shizuo blinks rapidly for a moment before he growls and bites the end of his cigarette. “Why the hell do I have to take her in?! Take her to someone else! Shinra and Celty would love to have her but I don’t want her here at all!” You open your mouth in shock at Shizuo’s outburst and force yourself to refrain from saying anything rude.

“Shinra and Celty are busy with their work and Erika and Walker can’t do it either. Izaya’s place is too far away from the college and you’re the only person I could think of to take care of her! Please Shizuo? She’s an amazing girl and won’t cause you any trouble! It’s only going to be for a week, then she’s out and off to college. And I said I’m having renovations done so you’re the only choice I have left.” Shizuo runs a hand through his hair and sighs.

“Well shit,” he mumbles to himself before pulling the cigarette out of his mouth. He closes his eyes and throws his head back, breathing deeply. “Fine she can stay here. Only for the week though. I don’t want it to be any longer.” Kyohei grins widely and takes off his hat, running a hand through his hair.

“What a relief! Thank you so much Shizuo! I definitely owe you one buddy.” He puts his hat back on and pulls his phone out from his pocket. “Ah sheesh I have to get going now. I’ll be by to visit you tomorrow [name]. Have fun you two!” Kyohei gets off the couch and waves to the both of you before exiting the room. Shizuo watches him close the door before he stands up and scratches his chest, giving you a bored look.

“Grab your stuff and follow me. I’ll show you your room.” You gather up all your suitcases and follow the blonde to the end of a small hallway. He pushes open the door to a room and walks inside, you going in right after and looking around at the cramped room. “Bathroom is next door and my room is on the other side of the hall. Need anything ask me. Don’t need anything don’t bother me.” Shizuo leaves the room and you place a suitcase on the bed, unzipping it and pulling out some articles of clothing.

“What a rude guy! Sheesh you would think he would have some manners on how to treat guests. But I guess I can’t say much since he is letting me stay at his house until college. I have to thank him for that. First I have to change into some better clothes.” You quickly change into comfy sweatpants and a t-shirt, heading back into the living room.

You see Shizuo on the couch flipping through the channels smoking another cigarette. You crinkle your nose in disgust at the smell but refrain from commenting and sit on the couch next to him. He doesn’t pay attention to your presence and instead continues to focus on the news. You cough a few times into your hand to catch his attention. When that doesn’t work, you impatiently tap his arm until he looks at you with an irritated expression.

“What do you want? I’m trying to watch TV.” You frown at his annoyed tone of voice and cross your arms in front of your chest.

“I wanted to say thank you for letting me stay at your house for the week; I really appreciate it.” Shizuo nods and mumbles you’re welcome under his breath before returning his attention to the TV. You sit crisscrossed on the couch and look up at the ceiling, wondering what to do or talk about.

“Do you have to smoke? It’s terrible for your health and it’ll cause so many problems for you later on. There are high risks of it causing cancer, black lungs, lung cancer, raising blood pressure, blood clots, asth-,” you jump when Shizuo breaks his TV remote in his hand and lets the pieces fall to the ground.

“I don’t need you to lecture me on what I do and don’t do. Now I’d like to watch my TV without you talking is that too hard to ask?” Shizuo crushes the cigarette in the ashtray next to him and pulls out another one from the pack on the table, lighting it up. You tangle your fingers in your hair in amazement, staring at the broken remote on the floor.

“How did you just break that with your bare hand?! Are you like a body builder or something? You don’t look like you have very much muscle but you must have if you’re capable of breaking that in one hand. Not that I’m saying you’re not toned or anything no! Just you don’t have gigantic muscles like most bodybuilders from America. You should see how big of arms guys back home have! They could break watermelons in their hands! One time this guy broke a watermelon between his legs which was disgusting but an impressive feat no-,” you stop talking when Shizuo gets extremely close to your face.

You feel your cheeks heat up at the closeness and hear your heart beating loudly inside your chest. Shizuo frowns at you and blows a puff of smoke into your face, making you choke and your eyes start to water.

“How strong I am isn’t something to joke about alright? I hate violence and I rather avoid fighting as much as possible. I don’t like having this power; I wish I could get rid of it. But since I can’t, I have to learn to deal with it. Don’t talk about it like it’s something impressive.” Shizuo stands up and walks into his room, leaving you alone and coughing in the living room.

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“Well trying to make friends with Shizuo was a giant flop today.” You sigh and roll over in your bed, your face buried in your pillow. “Just six more days and I’ll be home free. But I still should try to get along with him. But what’s the point of making friends with someone who doesn’t want to make any effort? Man, I was so stupid today! He seems so upset when I was complementing him on his strength. Note to self: don’t talk about strength.”

You turn in your bed and pull the covers up to your chin, closing your eyes to get some sleep. After a few minutes, you open your eyes and frown. “Shizuo didn’t talk to me the rest of the day after our talk in the living room. And I didn’t say sorry. Gah!” You smack yourself on the forehead and throw the covers off your body, leaving your room and heading over to Shizuo’s room.

“I hope he doesn’t mind me waking him up because I really need to talk to him.” You take a deep breath and knock on the door a few times. When nobody opens the door, you knock a bit harder and wait again. After a moment, you press your ear to the door and hear gentle snoring coming from the inside. “He must be a really heavy sleeper,” you think to yourself as you quietly open the door and slip inside.

You tiptoe to the bed and sit on the edge of it, seeing Shizuo’s sleeping figure wrapped up in the covers. You shake him in an attempt to wake him up. He lazily bats your hand away and continues to snore softly. You shake him a bit harder and whisper loudly. “Shizuo, Shizuo wake up. I need to talk to you, wake up.” He doesn’t budge and you feel your patience wearing thin.

“He’ll hate me more for this but here goes nothing.” You stand up on the bed and begin to jump up and down on it as if you’re on a trampoline. “Shizuo please wake up!” Your foot gets caught on the covers and you stumble forward, falling onto Shizuo’s chest. You quickly scramble off the blonde and check to see if he woke up. His eyes are still closed with his hair fanned out on the pillow. “He looks pretty cute and peaceful asleep,” you think to yourself as you lean your face close to his.

Suddenly Shizuo brings up an arm and wraps it tightly around your waist, pulling you flush against him. You let out a small squeak of surprise and blush brightly when your lips graze over his forehead. You notice that he’s still asleep and snuggling into your chest. You try to pry his arm off you but he has an iron grip on you. You blow your hair out of your face in frustration and try once again to wake the blonde up. After countless failed attempts, you sigh in defeat and snuggle back into him. “Guess he’ll be in for a surprise tomorrow when he wakes up,” you think as you allow yourself to fall asleep.

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“Ah!” Your eyes snap open when you hear a shout and something falling to the ground with a loud thud. You push yourself up into a sitting position and see Shizuo sitting on the ground, his eyes wide open and his cheeks a light pink.  

“Well good morning to you as well. Did you like having me as your teddy bear last night?” Shizuo stands up and runs a hand through his messy bedhead, his cheeks turning a darker pink.

“Why are you in my bed?! You weren’t there before I fell asleep so why are you here now?!” You yawn and stretch your arms over your head, feeling very stiff from Shizuo not letting go of you the entire night.

“Don’t be shouting so early in the morning. If you must know, I came to your room last night to apologize for making you angry. I couldn’t get to sleep with that on my mind so I decided to come in your room and apologize. I tried to wake you up but you sleep like a rock. Then you grabbed me and wouldn’t let me go. I just gave up in trying to escape and fell asleep. Any more questions?” Shizuo cracks his neck and shakes his head, exiting the room. You hop off the bed and follow him to the kitchen where he’s putting slices of bread into the toaster.

“Next time just wait until morning to say something to me. I don’t like having to wake up and have someone I just met in my bed; I’m not that kind of guy.” You roll your eyes and stand next to the blonde, placing a hand on your hip.

“Can you try to make an effort to get along with me? I haven’t done anything to bother you. You didn’t have to say yes to taking care of me; I could’ve just found a hotel or something.” Shizuo sighs and places a hand on his forehead.

“It’s not that you’ve bothered me or anything; just I don’t get along with people very well. If Kyohei is your best friend, then I trust his judgment in believing you’re a good person. But I’m not willing to stick my neck out to get to know someone who I’ll probably never see again after this week. I gotta grab a cigarette now.” He pushes past you and walks over to the coffee table where he grabs a cigarette from the blue pack.

You grit your teeth in frustration and march over to the blonde. “Well I’m willing to get to know you better whether you like it or not! If I’m going to be stuck living with you, I’m going to get to know you better.” Shizuo sighs and places the cigarette in his mouth, looking around for his lighter.

“I think I left my lighter in my bedroom.” He starts to head to his room before you grip his wrist tightly. In one swift movement, you throw him over your shoulder and sit on his chest when he lands on the ground.

“I don’t like it very much when people ignore me or brush me off. Now I don’t like to use force but if necessary I will. In order for us to live together for the whole week, we need to get along okay? And that will never happen unless you put in some effort as well.” You grab the front of Shizuo’s white shirt and pull him close to your face, you biting your bottom lip angrily. Shizuo blinks rapidly before opening his mouth a tiny bit, letting the cigarette fall out of his mouth.

“You’re pretty strong to flip me on my back.” You blush at the compliment and slowly release his shirt, rubbing the back of your head.

“Well, uh, thank you. I took self-defense, karate, and some tai chi back in America.” You laugh nervously and look away.

“Well it’s impressive if you can flip me; not many people have done that before. But-,” Shizuo pushes your shoulder to make you fall off him and he quickly crawls on top of you once you hit the ground. He grabs both your wrists and pins them above your head, smirking slightly.

“But I’m still much stronger than you so you have no chance of keeping me pinned down. Although this gives me a reason to get to know you better. I’ll start making more of an effort to get along with you. In return, you don’t lecture me when I smoke. Deal?”

You laugh and shake your head. “Can you smoke outside then? I really hate the smell of it and it’s always on your clothes as well. I can’t get away from the stench. But I won’t lecture you anymore on the dangers of smoking if you smoke outside. Agreed?” Shizuo frowns slightly but sighs and nods his head.

“Fine, fine deal I guess. This is going to be one long week I can tell.” The door opens suddenly and the two of you turn your heads to see who the visitor is.

“Uh what’s going on here? Did I come at a bad time?” Shizuo blushes brightly when he sees the visitor is Kyohei and blushes harder when he notices the suggestive position the two of you are in.

“I-It’s not what it looks like Kyohei I swear!” Kyohei chuckles and rubs the back of his head.

“Well I wanted to stop by and see how the two of you are getting along but it seems I came at the wrong time.” He frowns and sniffs the air a few times. “Is something burning in the kitchen?”

“Oh crap that’s the toast!” Shizuo quickly jumps off you and rushes to the kitchen to check the toaster. You sit up and laugh, smiling widely at Kyohei.

“Don’t worry about us Kyohei. I think Shizuo and I are going to get along just fine from now on. I think I’m going to warm up to the idea of living here for a little while. Plus I think Shizuo is pretty cute so I won’t mind being with him until I start college.” You blush in embarrassment when Shizuo walks in on you talking about how cute he is, the blonde becoming as red as a tomato. Kyohei bursts out into laughing and wipes a tear away from his eye.

“I think you two would make an adorable couple if you guys ever got together. [Name] thinks you’re cute and I’m pretty sure Shizuo thinks the same thing. I’m not too worried about you two getting along from now on.”