Because I’m in pain from a migraine I bring you: izaya gets headaches like me headcanons
Izaya is stubborn enough to put off a headache to finish work. He’ll take medicine and drink water and just try and put off rest until the work is done or he absolutely has to lay down. Adhd be damned he hyper focus and forget to tend to his needs.
Very rarely does his work demand so much focus that he needs to put off his own health but it does always feel like when the crunch time is the hardest that the migraine hits the worst. It’s obvious to anyone else it’s stress induced but he’s often the last to clue into that.
His migraines are chronic and usually induce dizziness and nausea so he often will just take medicine and try to sleep it off. In the event he can’t get to sleep before the worst of it hits, he will lay awake in pain for several hours browsing on his phone.
When Izaya has a migraine he has no strength to mask or perform his informant role. Due to this he prefers to be alone as not to ruin his reputation, however the lonliness of laying awake in pain by himself isn’t much better.
He’s had migraines since highschool. They set in late during the last half of the years at raijin.
Shinra has known about them since school and wondered if they came on due to the storm of things that occurred, but Izaya presumes they’re genetic from his parents. It’s possible it’s a bit of both.
Izaya doesn’t call on Shinra for help as there’s little he could do anyways. He’s also unsure if Shinra would leave celty’s side just to keep his pitiful self company. The answer to that might hurt more than his headache so he doesn’t want to find out. So Izaya’s never asked. The few times Shinra has found out about izaya’s headaches he’s always shown concern though.
While Izaya doesn’t ask for help often, the few times Namie has been around for his debilitating migraines, he’s asked for her to fetch things or at least handle some work issues so he can lay down. Namie, whether through contractual obligation or genuine care, has helped on occasion.
Izaya once was looked after by his sisters when he was younger and evidently it bothered them to see him like that. So he’s made an effort to not ever let them know when he’s sick.
Izaya doesn’t mask for anyone but shizuo. The only person that can’t know he’s unwell is Shizuo and so he puts great effort into appearing like he’s fine even if his head is throbbing. The chance that shizuo hesitates, due to Izaya being sick, or goes easy on him is one that Izaya can’t take. It would sicken him to be looked at with pity by shizuo. He doesn’t want to be treated like he’s weak, least of all by his enemy.
Bonus Shizaya headcanon: Izaya would love to be looked after and cared for but he’s rejection sensitive and wouldn’t want shizuo to knowingly say something that would hurt Izaya too close to home when he’s already so sensitive due to being sick.
Bonus Shizuo headcanon: Shizuo doesn’t know what a migraine is but he knows he’s had bad headaches before. (Usually induced by cases of extreme prolonged anger—usually caused by Izaya)
Shizuo: Migraine? Isn’t that just a fancy name for a headache?
Izaya: Shizu-Chan you ignorant slut—
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