Written by: Food-chan
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Izaya was gone home for today to visit his family that have been requesting his present for a party celebrated for his mother. He had this bitter face as he saw his house miles away. Izaya Kuroshima is the next heir of the K Corp that have been running for centuries as the number one company in the industry. Winning thousand of awards from each kind of business and already been overproduce at the other countries. With all of that succession, their eyes are all looking at Izaya who will own the Corp someday, sometimes Izaya would come up with the most scandal even though he isn't a celebrity yet even so, Izaya couldn't careless.. since he already felt like abandoned by his parents.
Izaya push the car door and went out. He saw the butler who have been with him since he was a child escorting izaya to their front door. The butler smile upon seeing the person who was a kid before.
"Welcome back, young master"
"Good to see you too. Eddy. You still look old like you used to"
"Young master, even a 90 years old man can still look young"
Izaya put a burden smile. "Is Sora inside?"
Eddy nodded. "He have been here a week ago. Mistress won't let Sora go again to travel"
"I see.. Then I'm not needed? Can I go home now?"
"I don't think you can leave, young master. Mistress is expecting you to appear at her party"
Izaya clicked his tongue "Tch. If she likes Sora, why wouldn't she make him the heir then" he mumbled as he opened the door by himself.
At the inside, he was greeted by the servant going around, decorating the whole palace to be Grande by the night come. In there was Izaya's mother and his brother having a good time each other like every family bonding. His heart felt a pricked yet he was used to it since he was kid. He went closer to them and reach out his mother hand and peck it.
"Hello, Mother" izaya made an eye contact with his mother however she wasn't moved even a bit. She let go immediately.
"I have been waiting for you, Izzie. Do you know how long I waited for you?! Good thing Sora came home sooner"
Izaya took a glance at Sora.
"Good to see you, bro. Been long time!" Sora hold izaya's hand and bump each other chest. "There's a lot! I want to talk to you about!" He continued.
Izaya wore his cold face and smiled coldly "Let's talk about that later. I have something to say to Mother"
"Sure. I'll just wait at the usual spot"
Sora kissed his mother on the cheek and left. When Sora left, Izaya's mother eyes changed, if before she look like a angry cat now she look like a tiger looking at a prey. But izaya didn't back down, his mother putting up a powerful aura yet izaya wasn't affected a bit. It was like two animals crossing each other.
"What do you want to talk about? I don't have any time to spare for you. Hurry up."
"Mother. I deserved an explanation about the letter you sended yesterday"
(Izaya's mother) Tomane lifted her eyebrow "What do you mean? It's already written there, you have a blind date for the engagement"
"But, Mother! You know about me…" he suddenly lower his voice "I am bisexual."
"I don't care of what you are. You must marry a girl no matter what. Don't destroy the thing we worked hard just because of your disgusting scandal" Tomane looked at Izaya disgusted.
Izaya was already used to it. He sighed and tried to persuade his mother. "Why can't you just make Sora the heir then, if you don't want to have a "disgusting" child"
Tomane slapped izaya "I had enough with this nonsense. Either way, you will have to go to that blind date. You don't have a choice."
Tomane left izaya dejected. His mother again reminded him how he was treated. A puppet to be the heir no matter what. In his early childhood he wasn't treated with love by his parents. They were.. too busy maintaining their company. They are always gone whenever izaya woke up, when he have stage play or at his graduation. The only thing they would take concern about him is that he will become the heir, because he is a heir he need to be proper, cleaned, no scandal, a perfect heir. When his younger brother was born, he receive the love he wanted. They give him everything, gone to his recital, first school and graduation. Yet izaya wasn't jealous of him, he treated his brother with care but his parents doesn't care about him, only his status.
Izaya went upstairs to find Sora at the usual place. He went inside Sora's room to the walking closet of his. There he saw sora preparing the gifts for his big brother, when Sora saw izaya standing at the door he greeted him with a smile.
"Bro. Look at this stuff I got from all around the world" He took a statue and showed "This is from Hawaii, they call this () and this from France" a padlock "I stole it from a kid! I mean he gave it to me"
Sora told all about his adventure all around the world, forgetting he had the name of "Kuroshima" travelling nonstop anywhere. Izaya felt jealous about this, he who wasn't free to choose anything while his brother freed to do anything. If only he wasn't the first child he might be having fun somewhere and changed a lot yet he wasn't. Izaya listen through all the story Sora told till it reach the night. Izaya walk out from sora room and went to his old dusty room he hasn't been visited for 7 years old. When he went inside, there were no dust left, only a clean room ready to be used by him. He walk to a desk close to his bed, there was a picture frame with him and an old lady smiling at the camera together. One the old lady doesn't look like the grandmother, she was wearing a normal person would wear and she had this aura she was the nanny of Izaya in his childhood.
It bring back memories to him. If he's with his family he only had bad memories but with nanny he remembered the good old time. And then he realized, his nanny death anniversary was tomorrow, exact time for his mother party / announcement party. Was it a coincident? Izaya thought however izaya didn't think about it too much and went to sleep.
***
It was another day of miserable. Izaya woke up seeing maids touching his stuff and letting a sun ray from the curtain a maid opened. He was greeted with brightness and his eyebrows meeting each other. He was furious at his early morning. He shouted and made the servants go out of his room and he went back to sleeping.
After few more hours he finally woke up from sleeping and started going down. He then saw the place already prepared for the party, all it need was the guests coming tonight to complete it. Izaya went to the kitchen and did his owned breakfast, just a simple egg and a toast. He was about to take a bite but suddenly eddy came up holding a suit on his hand.
"Young master what are you doing? It's already 6 pm you must get ready"
"Ready for what?"
"The party. The guests already arrived. You're the only one waiting.."
"It's still morning"
"Young master. It's 6:20 pm. You must get ready"
Eddy pulled Izaya to the closest bathroom and made izaya wear the suit his mother prepared for him. A navy blue coat that matches the necktie and the pants. Before he know it, he was at the party didn't even get the chance to take a bite of the toast he made. He took a sip of the wine his holding while observing the people. He noticed almost of the guests are young woman, close to his age and old man ready to sell off their daughters. By this time Izaya know what this party for. He was about to leave when without warning he was bombarded by the old men laughing like they already won.
"Sir. Izaya, it nice to meet you. I am Miguel one of the shareholder of the K Corp" He took out his hand however izaya didn't shook it "Anyway. I would like you to met my daughter. She's at the course of nursing and at the exact age to marry"
A woman showed up on a red dress, twirling her hair pretending she was innocent. "Hi, I'm Rosaline. It's nice to meet the one and only handsome man in the universe" She giggled like faintly.
Izaya totally ignored the family and immediately left although his friends now are going to intervene. Yurii with his wife, Xiao (the goofy guy) and the celebrity star Claire blocking his way.
"Where you're going?" Claire squinted.
"Going home"
"Already? Leaving your own party?! Man you're a kill joy sometimes.." Xiao at the present drunk.
Izaya glared "I don't have time for this I'm leaving"
Yurii hold him down and asked "Why the hurry? Aren't you the party king?"
"Dude, I seriously don't have time for this. I need to leave this place before motherー"
Suddenly everyone heared a static noise came from the microphone. When they traced the sound they found the owner of the house standing on the stage where the band was playing at the center of the place. She tapped the microphone twice and coughed, when she knows the microphone is working she started with a smile and said
"Welcome guests, to my son blind date engagement party. I didn't expected to see lot of girls who is willing to be his bride. You know I was afraid no one will come because of just one scandal my son did which it was just a rumor. Anyway I hope you girls enjoy the party and the date start at exactly 8"
As she said those words she looked at Izaya, grinning that she finally pinned down her wild tiger on the leash. This is when the time Izaya knew he fucked up. He should have seen his mother scheme but he didn't, he was too busy or more likely he was busy taking care his dog in the house of his. All the young woman glanced at Izaya; they were like hungry horses wanted to be feed by Izaya. Before they can do anything, Izaya immediately run away from the place. He called his personal driver and drove to a place they won't find him.. at the grave of his nanny, Gloria.
When he got there, he saw a flower already put at her grave, Izaya know who that person is. He finally realized that day is the day of her death anniversary. A tear fell down to his face when he remembered his first love, his late nanny Gloria. Gloria was a great person, she loved Izaya like he was her real son and grown Izaya to a guy who was kind although he had cold issue problem. If izaya parents wasn't there, Gloria makes up for it, cooking him delicious food, attending his recital or graduation and even taught him about manners. She was such a great nanny but then, she died of cardiac arrest and left Izaya early.