#but u were nice to moon by mistake haha. anyway u can b nice to me now if u want 👁👁 instead of. yknow. being nice to Moon

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Soft silly DCA n ReaderBot moments,, aka tfw u have a crush on that one silly jester guy but u feel like UR th joke when u r soft around them

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Izaya & Liz [Prologue]

Liz wasn't normally the type to approach people, she would wait for someone to approach her and go from there, but this situation want exactly... Normal. Although she dreaded the thought of starting a social interaction, to her it appeared that there was no choice, I mean, she was going to be stuck on this boat with these people for who knows how long... So she looked across the room, found someone that was alone, walked over to them and did her best to seem friendly and strike up a conversation, "H-hi there... Um... I'm Liz, the ultimate surgeon, I don't believe we've met."

Of all things Izaya expected, being approached by someone who seemed almost as nervous as themselves wasn't one of them. Not that they weren't grateful that someone made the effort though. "I-I'm Izaya Fanrong. Ultimate Fireworks Ma-Maker. It's really nice to meet you, Liz-san." They extended a hand for Liz to shake; they were so nervous and shakey, but Liz to them seemed like they were the formal type.

Liz breathed a sigh of relief, she was always afraid that somehow starting a conversation would end horribly, but this time it seemed to work out. She smiled and shook their hand, she didn't think that they would be the type to go for the hand shake, but she just did her best to not turn it awkward and went with it, "it's nice to meet you too! So how are you handling this, ah... Weird.... Situation?"

"How am I...." Izaya trailed off, mulling over their answer, "W-Well. If I'm honest, I'm h-handling it....pretty badly." They went with the honest answer it seems. They internally thanked their stars that their hand wasn't as sweat as it was shakey, they'd never live it down if they got poor Liz's hand all soggy.

Concern shows on Liz' face, "I suppose it is difficult to be okay in a situation like this, I consider myself a generally levelheaded person, but even this has me a little unsettled... But I saw Leon and Runa talk to you a bit, hopefully it helped to have a couple people there for you almost as soon as you woke up?"

"Oh, yeah! They're so nice, it's like having my parents here, haha..." Despite clearly trying to joke with Liz, Izaya looked to nervous, it probbaly came as no shock when they apologised, "S-Sorry....that was weird,huh?..."

Thinking back to every moment, and there are quite a few of them, in the past year that she said something somewhat awkward she was easily able to empathise with Izaya in this situation, "no, no it's fine! They definitely are the dependable type."

"Ah, they really are!" Izaya looked visibly relieved that she hadn't thought they were weird. "I feel like, no matter what, we can um, depend on them." They managed to hold a conversation, dang. Izaya decided to be a bit bolder, "S-So um, what's it like being a surgeon?.."

"well..." She thinks for a bit, "a lot of the time it's rewarding, sometimes it's very sad, but it's always a little stressful too." She stops before she says too much wanting to spare Izaya the gory details that she felt might scare the person. "What's it like being a fieworks maker? It sounds dangerous..."

"yeah, I guess you guys see some.....really horrible stuff." they shook their head to clear their mind. be happy, don't upset Liz by being a downer. "Ah, it's.....very dangerous, yeah, but um, I've been doing it for so long, I almost never make a mistake. I....No, I- I wouldn't want to be anything else I don't think, ehe...."

Intrigued Liz looks over at Izaya, "do you make fireworks for festivals? Or are they the type to just be used at home? I don't think I've ever seen a fireworks show, but it sounds beautiful!"

"Primarily it's the festival type, but I do um, I know how to make stuff like sparklers and fire crackers..." They rubbed the back of their neck in thought, "It's basic chemistry once you, um, when you know what to do..."

"ohh, that's very cool! How did you get into making fireworks anyway, sorry if this is blunt, but did your parents just allow you to play with explosives when you were a kid?" Liz tilts her head, curious

"ah, no! My father is a painter and my mother's a scientist, she helped me study while father would sit and paint," They played with their sweatband as they spoke, "She introduced me to combustion experiments and um, I got into fireworks on my own. I didn't make my first one until she- until she tested me on my skills and said I was ready so..." They seemed to speak pretty fondly of their parents, "Sorry, I got so carried away... how about you? What got you into medical practices?"

A smile appears on Liz' face as she talks, it warms her to know that they had such supportive parents, "your parents sound really nice."

That question causes Liz to go a bit silent as, with a flustered look, she tries to think of what to say, "U-uh well, I mean, I just... Um..." She freezes a bit completely at a blank for how to continue, and decided to just try to change the subject instead, with almost too much enthusiasm and an awkward laugh she says "Y-your eyes are really interesting! I've met only one other person with heterochromia! In fact you have a really cool sense of style, haHAha." She hopes the topic change wasnt too obvious, who was she kidding she knew it was painfully obvious, and awkward, and probably off-putting.

Oh no, they made things awkward didn;t they?! Izaya gave Liz a concerned look, "Ah sorry! Um, yeah, my um, my grandma has the same condition, but her eyes are way nicer than mine!" They looked a little more jittery. Gosh, they shouldn've have been so personal so soon! heck!

Liz takes a deep breath in. Then a breath out. She doesn't want to ruin her conversation with Izaya, so she does her best to calm herself down, then creates a calm smile on her face, "It's... Okay. But your eyes really are beautiful. I hope I can see one of your fireworks shows one day! Is there anything else you like to do, I guess do you have any hobbies?"

They blushed at the compliment, "Oh gosh, you're so nice! I'll definitely um, if I can I'll make a firework just for you!" Their stance relaxed a little, "I guess um, I really, really like space. Stars, the moon, the planets. Of which I um, am firmly in the belief that Pluto should still uh, be one." IZAYA.

Liz giggled at Izaya's last comment, "that's cool, the night sky is definitely beautiful, so you like looking through telescopes and going to planetariums and that kind of stuff then? Also if you did make me a firework that'd be so nice! And cool!" LIz smiled brightly

"Wow, then I definitely will!" Izaya smiled, "It really is beautiful, when I was little, I used to want to be an astronaut, but um....I'm scared of well....all the danger in space." They admitted sheepishly, "But I guess that's why I cling to my fireworks. Maybe it's like my way of sending space something from me?....Sorry, that was weird.."

"awesome, I look forward to it!" She looks at Izaya with excitement, "no! That's not weird at all, I kinda liked that in a cheesy sort of way! Being an astronaut would be cool though, but space really is scary when you think about it..."

"Yeah, one time I saw this insane space movie and I couldn't sleep for a month." Izaya groaned, "I can still see the aliens...." They shuddered, their hair somehow standing more on end, "A-Anyway, what about your hobbies, Liz-san? What does a surgeon do um, outside the operating theatre?"

"Well  I like to read quite a bit, normally if I watch a movie or anything I try to avoid scary ones and, I know this is probably boring of me, but I really like documentaries," Liz rests her head on her hands, "Oh! and I love bird watching!"

"Documentaries are pretty good." Izaya agreed. The bird watching mention did have them surprised, "Wow, really? I think birbs are adorable, but I'm, I'm not quiet enough to watch them, they just fly away..."

She mutters under her breath, stifling a giggle "b-birbs." Liz  smirks, really the things Izaya says sometimes are so cute, "Yep!  It's really relaxing, i think, and the... birbs... are indeed really cute!  It is difficult sometimes to be quite and not be seen by them, but the binoculars you can use allow you to observe from a distance."

Izaya caught that and did give a tiny giggle too. Birbs are good. "Oooh, okay, I've been doing it reeeeally wrong then. I thought you just...well...find a birb. And watch it."

"Ah, well, it can be, but it's also like listening for the bird song and trying to identify what type of bird it might be and where it is, I get really excited when I hear and see a really rare birb.  Which probably sounds kinda nerdy... and boring. But seriously if I find a rare species I get so excited that I start to, like, shake... sometimes I get so excited that I just kind of scare the bird away on accident..." Liz looks wistfully off into the distance remembering all of her bird-seeking adventures of the past.

"Wow, so you can kind of speak birb? Awesome..." Of all the things to comment on...

Liz nods  with another smirk on her face, "yes. I speak so much birb." She then looks over at Izaya excitedly, "Hey, if you make me that firework, I can take you bird watching sometime, ah, that is if that's something you'd actually want to do.."

"Seriously!? I-I'd love to!!" They excitedly bounced on their feet a little. Making plans with a friend!! It's like a dream come true!