#ephamerel ⤻ akutagawa gin.

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  ▍ CASE FILE . . . AKUTAGAWA, GIN ⤻ @ephamerel . ❪ . . . ❫ “ i wasn't expecting you. ”

clouded sunlight struggled to reach through the narrow opening above the alleyway, two buildings sandwiched together so tightly it was any wonder anyone knew about the space between them at all. the only way out would be up, or back from the point of entry, and against the dampness of the dead - end stood dazai, hands pocketed and head tipped to the sky to watch the distorted shapes passing overhead - until footsteps broke the silence, glass shards crushed into concrete under the weight of them, and he lowered his gaze to meet her.

a gentle shrug to lift his shoulders, i wasn't expecting you, dazai feigned insult with a soft hum of acknowledgement and a shake of his head. “ only so many detectives the agency can spare, on the potential outcome that the port mafia betray us and try to dwindle our numbers. ” a long blink and the click of his tongue. “ i'm sure you understand. ” really, dazai had volunteered his time, the best person to meet with the port mafia being one of their own - as their figurehead had said dazai always would be, and dazai chose to believe him, knew it somewhere deep within his marrow that it was a sickness he'd never shake, a part of him so integral to who he tried to be outside of the web spun by his own hands. however distanced he kept himself, whatever ties he severed to make it so, he would always have been one of them in name and in blood. “ soo ... ” hands withdrawing from his pockets and clasping in front of him as he pushed off of the wall, no better way to show he had no tricks laying within them. “ i'm here. ”