Reader Insert Imagines
Durarara!! Edition
Scenario: Approaching you while you pound back drinks at the bar.
Izaya Orihara
If Izaya is approaching you at the bar, it's not because he wants to get to know you better. No, he already knows everything he has to know about you just from watching. It's more likely that he has ulterior motives, and he's recruiting you for his next game.
He mirrors your mood when he approaches. If you're tired after a long day, you wouldn't believe the day he's had. If you're celebrating, then he got the promotion today. Instead of a pickup line, he leads with an observation, personal and oddly specific, leading to a carefully tailored conversation befitting your emotional state. He pushes buttons, but it doesn't feel cruel. You feel seen. Once you're baited and hooked, he'll start testing your limits, dragging your shadow out and making you look it in the eye.
Shizuo Heiwajima
At first, he watches. Sees the way you're throwing back drink after drink. He assumes you've got some kind of baggage, which wins you his respect. That being said, he won't make the first move. If he can will the courage, he'd order his soda while standing next to you, awkwardly waiting for you to say something.
You don't.
Somebody else moves in instead. They're drunk and a little handsy, don't seem to notice the way you're shying away and politely trying to ask them to leave. Their hand reaches for your hip and you brace for an impact that never comes.
Shizuo grabs the guy. Picks him up and quite literally throws him out of the bar, growling about decorum and respect. When he returns to the bar for his drink, he's sheepish. You thank him, and he mumbles a "Couldn't let it slide," before an awkward silence envelops you.
You'll have to take the lead with this one.
Chikage Rokujo
If Izaya is too playful and Shizuo is too busy respecting you to speak up, Chikage is the middle ground. He is baby bear's porridge, if you will; just right. He's drawn to beauty and drama. Seeing you put away drinks in a public setting feels like something out of a romantic noir. It appeals to the part of him that romanticizes anything cinematic.
Chikage would swagger in like he's been cast as the leading man, approaching you head on and dropping a line. His performative nature almost comes across like a theatre kid playing at being yakuza, but he seems earnest when he asks for your story. You realise that despite his delinquent appearance, he has a strong chivalrous streak and seems intent on earning your interest rather than acting as though you owe him attention. He's in it for the thrill of connection, and he'd likely offer to walk you home for no reason other than to make sure you're safe.
