#facing the consequences of not following them then maybe getting backed up by akutagawa or aku taking the blame for him
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tbh i really want Atsushi to be the one that gets transferred into the PM. Not only bc he would be an important asset for Mori and not only for the sskk potential content. But because the latest arc wasn't very focused on him, and i also want the PM cast to have the spotlight for a second.
(Them interacting with Atsushi seems the best way to do that + it'd be interesting to see Atsushi's pov in an organization that does not care about principles and justice, with dynamics so different to the ada).
I'd like to see Atsushi befriending Chuuya, HIM BEFRIENDING HIGUCHI (this would be the funniest thing ever but if it actually happens it would be done very badly because it might turn out as a "jealousy" competition over Akutagawa) But think about it: Higuchi has a little sister she cares for and that's the reason she's in the mafia, Atsushi has Kyouka. They could be the poor underlings that have to be under Aku's command at first and have to put up with his nonsense. There's so much potential for bonding between them i could go on.
It would also be an opportunity to see more of KOUYOU (+ Kouyou thanking Atsushi for taking care of Kyouka pretty please??)
Plus, Mori canonically has some kind of an interest in Atsushi. If we remember chapter 15-16 he gives him advice when they get out of Anne's room (when he didn't have to at all).
Bonus situation i'd like to see: Someone pointed out that both Mori and Atsushi both like chazuke, so imagine Mori recruiting him and treating him to some chazuke like a mirror image of when he was recruited into the ADA by Dazai. But this time in a way that's off. that's uncomfortable and feels so wrong to him.
#bsd#not everything should be through rose tinted glasses i'd love to see atsushi being put in heavy situations#not in a corruptive way but him dealing with things he would never in his life do and then defying his own orders#facing the consequences of not following them then maybe getting backed up by akutagawa or aku taking the blame for him#sorry for making it sskk again but. there's so much to explore.#poor atsushi if this actually happens he'd be in so many situations. he wouldn't find peace anytime soon#i just remembered there are beast parallels also. Mori helping Atsushi w/his ability could very well be a thing in the main timeline#lazu stop making everything about sskk and beast challenge#bsd atsushi#lazutxt#dumb theory tag
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Canât Be Friends [Dazai x Reader Smut]
Dazai x Reader Smutty One shotÂ
4,000+ words
Summary: After the death of his beloved friend, Dazai canât trust love. But then you come bumbling into the picture and he canât resist falling for you.Â
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Dazai had always been fascinated by magnets, that somewhere written deep in the earth's rules, it had been decided that two objects would eternally be bound together if fate allows them to. On the other hand they could push the other away, with the same ease.Â
Heâs lived his life like a magnet, especially after Odaâs death. He couldnât help it, although he desperately tried to not care about others it was simply impossible. To fulfill Odaâs dying wishes , he had to care about the people around him. He dared not admit it but he cared. He cared about Kunikida and the others at the agency. He especially cared about Atsushi and thought quite often of Chuuya and Akutagawa and how they were faring. To many souls to think about. So he cared, drawing them all in like magnets, connecting and then turning away pushing back against them when they got to close.Â
And at the center of it all was you. You were the crowning jewel in his grand hall of people he cared about, thought and worried and languished about. You reminded him of Oda sometimes. And if he squinted at you maybe he could see Odaâs piercing eyes and not so easy smile.
He was in love with you, that much was sure, and it was a secret, to everyone but him. He was much too smart to not understand his longing for you, the way his heart rate picked up at your closeness and he often found himself longing to hear your voice.Â
He didnât think it would happen to him of all people. Sure he loved Oda, and he wasnât sure if it was just as friends either, but this was different.Â
Heâd met you almost immediately after his return to society, now on the side of the âgood guysâ. You were Fukizawaâs niece and a fixture at the agency. He wondered often how long his stay at the agency would have been had it not been for you.Â
In the beginning, Dazai couldnât help himself, he had absolutely no self control over his magnets and the two of you connected, making quick friends. Wherever you went he would gladly follow.Â
Then youâd been attacked, remnants of Dazaiâs past life finally rearing consequences upon you. Youâd nearly died, even though you were a force to recon with in battle. Fukizawa had been the one to save you in the end. It was salt over Dazaiâs wound that you were hurt because of him, and he hadnât been there to save you.Â
It was a hard way to learn a lesson. To be smacked in the face with his universal truth. Everyone he gets close to will die, and itâll be his fault.Â
You werenât so easy to push away though, ripping you from his life was taking a piece of his soul slowly, and besides heâd promised to be good and the Agency was the best place for that. So he stayed, but your friendship suffered in its wake. You got the message eventually, not bothering to call upon him at midnight anymore and late night trips for food had stopped.Â
Youâd never let on how it made you feel, and that somehow was worse for Dazai.Â
Heâd thought youâd replace him, he was mentally prepared to see you and Kunikida laughing At the lunch table. But it was more often that youâd head to lunch alone, or leave work alone.Â
With newcomer Atsushi, things changed a little. Youâd taken a strong liking to the boy, and he could tell youâd adopted Atsushi, as If you were his mother or aunt or something. Fretting and worrying. Dazai could see that the two of you were co-parenting in a way.Â
Then Kyouka came and you and Atsushiâs time spent together became less, and you ate alone once again.Â
Dazai observed this all as if he was peering into a fish bowl. Observing the lives of others and indirectly interacting with them but never jumping into the water. He thought himself clever. No one would know how much he loved you. That was until simple, observant Atsushi said something.Â
âDazai-San?âÂ
âYeah?âÂ
They were both sitting in the open floor plan area of the agency, paperwork stacking high between the two of them. On his part Atsushi was trying to conquer the work while Dazai was listening in to your conversation with Kunikida from across the room. You were laughing, and Dazai thought maybe this was it, you were finally replacing him. Good.Â
âUhâŠâÂ
Dazai lifted his eyes from you and his partner to rest upon Atsushi, whose voice was uncertain. Dazai had learned from day two, that he should listen to Atsushi, who occasionally sculpted diamonds from words.Â
Atsushi tensed with Dazaiâs eyes upon him.Â
âI was just .... â he sighed and swallowed his voice coming out low and a whisper.Â
âAre you and Y/N dating?âÂ
Dazai blinked. Not responding, although that might give away more than he would have liked.Â
âItâs just that.â Atsushi seemed even more unnerved by Dazaiâs non answer, seeing as the brown hair boy loved to talk.Â
âYou always look up when she enters a room, like you know sheâs there. You always stare at each other when you think the other isnât looking.â Atsushiâs voice faded off. âStuff- stuff like that.âÂ
Dazai was half stuck thinking that heâd made a good choice of Atsushi for the Agency, and the other half was thinking about what heâd said. - staring at each other.-Â
You looked at him too?Â
âS-sorry.â Atsushi said, fearing heâd said too much. He had but that was fine.Â
âAm I really that easy to read?â Dazai asked his eyes back on you and Kunikida. Kunikida was blushing as you walked away, his eyes firmly on your lower back side. Dazai felt a feeling stirring in him. But he shoved it down harsly. There was no place for those feelings to show.Â
Atsushi shook his head. âNo, you're quite hard to read. Dazai-San. Y/N is much easier to read, once I understood why she looks at you like that I realized you were looking at her the same way.â
Diamonds. Dazai thought , Atsushi was capable of making diamonds.Â
ââââ-
It was the fall time, the leaves had departed from their family tree or changed colors and the roads of Yokahama were cold and filled with that feeling you only got during the coming of winter.Â
Dazai had to work late, once Kunikida found out just how behind he was on his work, Dazai had been essentially chained to his desk. He could tell there were a few people left in the office as some lights were still on. Signing the last page he sighed standing up immediately, Kunikida would be satisfied with his progress and he could pick it up again on Monday, although he was secretary hoping for a case to come and push the paperwork to the side.Â
He tucked his hands in his pocket and made his way outside. It was a moment later that he realized that it was raining. The door to the cafe closed behind him and he stood under the awning, thinking with dread about walking through the rain to the subway station.
âNo umbrella ?â You asked, and Dazai wasnât sure how youâd been standing there that whole time and he did not notice. He turned to you his heart thudding rhythmically in his chest. You were as beautiful as ever, and you looked warm, swathed in faux fur jackets. He thought about how wonderful it would feel to lay in your lap and feel your fingers through his hair.Â
You turned away from him breaking his guilty illusion and rummaged around in your bag. You pulled out an umbrella, identical to the one you were already holding. You extended it out to him with a smile playing on your lips.Â
âYou never carry an umbrella, Dazai.âÂ
His name on your lips was joy, he realized as his lips parted in surprise. You knew him entirely too well and Atsushi was starting to as well. How had he failed so spectacularly in pushing people away.Â
He took the umbrella, unable to stop the smile on his face.Â
âWhy would I ,Y/N when I always have you to have an extra for me?â He teased. He couldnât help it, months of pushing you away and he was cracking like an egg from a simple gesture.Â
Your eyes met and he saw the faintest blush upon your cheeks. He wanted to kiss you. Badly. He blinked and looked away. This wouldnât do, he needed to get home and fast.Â
He would let his mind slip for one night, maybe have a drink or two and stroke himself, your name hanging off his lips like smoke to a cigarette. Thatâs what he would do. He just needed to get to the station now.Â
âDazai?âÂ
Your words were soft but firm. The way you sounded when youâd gathered up all tour couraged and readied yourself for a fight.Â
He turned back to you, and your eyes shone with determination.Â
âLetâs go get dinner together.âÂ
ââââ-
Dinner, was located in a small corner of Yokohama, that only the locals seemed to know about. You either lived there or crashed there by accident. The restaurant was a hole in the wall, quite literally. It was an interesting place, made of stone and brick, with no real windows or doors, just, holes in the stone. It reminded Dazai of an old century oven, it had a large awning covering to keep the rain from the tables out front. Strings of light were laced around the stone building illuminating it in the darkness of the Yokahama streets.Â
It was a place that the both of you were familiar with, having spent many nights here, sipping hot tea and talking. Upon seeing it for the first time in months, Dazai saw just how romantic the place really was and was regretting his decision to follow you here.Â
Now seated you picked up the menu and started to scan it.Â
âYou already know what you want. Y/Nâ Dazai said amused. âYou always order the same thing.âÂ
His smile grew as you put down the menu and glared at his teasing. âWhat if I wanted something different this time.âÂ
âHell would freeze over Y/N. And the flying pigs would be out as soon as the rain stopped.âÂ
You scoffed cutely. âjust for that Iâm ordering something different.âÂ
âI wouldnât.â Dazai said, â you remember the last time you were adventurous.âÂ
Your eyes were wide with embarrassment.Â
âYou swore you would never bring it up!âÂ
âTo anyone else.â Dazai corrected. He thought back on the time youâd ordered something new, and were so sick heâd brought you home, and had to hold your hair as you puked over the toilet. Obviously embarrassing for you but a fondly domestic memory for Dazai.Â
The waitress interrupted whatever you were going to say next and further Dazaiâs amusement you ordered your regular.Â
âDazaiâ you said after the waitress had collected your orders and it had been quiet for a while. Dazaiâs heart started to thump again, the real reason youâd asked him to come to dinner was coming. He wasnât sure if he was ready for it.Â
You had that look again, that stored up courage look. â Letâs be friends again.â
He wasnât sure if this was on his list of things he expected you to say. Some irrational part of his thought this would be your announcement of your engagement to Kunikida which he would have congratulated you on and then left to get very very drunk.Â
Your fists were clenched in your lap as you forced yourself to look at him.
âIâm sorry⊠if I did something wrong, and thatâs why you stopped wanting to be around me. If I was - annoying or something I can-â
âY/Nâ you blinked almost jerking at Dazaiâs sudden harsh tone. He was angry, suddenly,Â
âYou could never annoy me.âÂ
The statement hung heavy in the air like cement.Â
âAnd you donât have anything to apologize for.â He tried to soften his voice as he wasnât angry at you. He was more angry at himself. Thatâs why you thought heâd pushed you away?Â
âThen why-â
âWe canât be friends.. Y/Nâ better to cut this off now. A few drinks was sounding better by the second. He dared a glance at your face and regretted it. You looked shattered, then confused, then angry. He hadnât really seen you angry. It was beautiful in a way.Â
A hot tear pressed down your cheek and you angrily wiped it away.Â
âWhy.â You asked now a wobble in your otherwise hard tone.Â
âItâs better to remain professional in the workplace.â Dazai offered up, it was weak but his mind was spinning so his normal snake charming words were not coming to him.Â
âBullshit.â You said leaning forward. âYou're not that way with anyone else in the agency. Hell you're not professional at all.âÂ
Dazai smiled at this, despite how heavy he was feeling.
âThatâs fair.â He said softly.Â
âStop fucking with me Dazai.â You said anger still dripping over your tone although you were trying to keep it down since others were around.Â
âOne night were drunk together and up till 4am telling each other everything and the next week you stopped talking to me.âÂ
Your voice broke at the end of that. Another angry tear wipe. You pointed at him now.
âYou let me in, you let me see you, and now you're going to pretend like we werenât something?â
âYes.â Dazai said with an edge . â yes I am going to pretend.âÂ
âWhy!â Your voice went a little higher than a regular speaking voice drawing a few more eyes but neither of you cared. There was only the person sitting in front of the other.Â
âBecause Y/N. I donât want to be just friends.â Dazai felt like a popped balloon, that air just coming out of him rapidly. Years of holding that very phrase in and here he was whisper- shouting it at you in his favorite hole in the wall. That was only his favorite because of his memories with you.Â
He kept going now, no sense in stopping now. â I want to hold your hand, to kiss you, to be the last thing you see at night and the first thing you see in the morning. I want to hold you when you're sad, and tease you when you do something embarrassing. I want you to fill up my life with your lightâ it was a mouthful, and Dazai sighed, looking up at you now, your face in shock.Â
You smiled suddenly, another tear falling but you didnât make a move to wipe it away.
âI donât want to be just friends either Dazai.â You said and he felt his heart starting its kathunk kathunk in his chest again.Â
âI thought maybe you didnât feel the same way as I did. But I wanted to be near you. And things were so great when we were friends. And then we stopped and I thought at least I could still be around you. But I donât want that itâs not enough. Just being around you, just being your friend isnât enough. I want to be with you. Dazai.â
Dazai swallowed hard, if Atsushiâs words were diamonds you were like the rain. Cleansing away the unsightly parts of himself that he hated, he picked at. Soothing the old wounds that heâd left open as punishment to himself.Â
âWe canât⊠I canâtâŠ.â Dazai couldnât finish. He looked up to you. âEvery Time I love someone they die.â He shook his head slightly. âand I wonât lose you too.âÂ
He thought then of Oda. He still couldnât decide how heâd loved the man, there was a seed there, growing, and if heâd had more time, Dazai thinks he could have figured it out. Did he love Oda the way he loved Atshushi or Kunikida or did he love Oda the way heâd loved you?
But for Oda to be alive, and Dazai to have an answer to that question, Dazai needed to have removed himself from Odaâs life.
 Dazaiâs thoughts of Oda evaporated as he felt the warm touch of your hand to his. He looked up at you then, your eyes a calm steady sea to his stormy brooding ones.
He wanted to steal you away from the others eyes, take you somewhere safe where only he could gaze upon you. Strange feelings from someone who spent so much effort in not caring.Â
âYou're a good person, Dazai.â You said. âIâve seen it, Iâve seen your soul. Death is not the punishment for love. Life takes who she wants when she wants regardless of who we love and what we want. Iâd rather die, having known your love than live forever without it.âÂ
He kissed you then, over the tea that had gone cold, besides the people who were pretending not to listen to your conversation. The only thing he could hear was the sounds of rain dancing on the canopy above your heads.Â
âââ
Somehow the both of you knew that going home alone wasnât an option. As the hole in the wall was closest to your place, it was decided without speaking that that is where you would go. You walked there holding hands.Â
Dazaiâs mind was spinning with thoughts of your kiss, thoughts of you heâd tried to keep down but it wasnât working and his pants were stiffening.Â
Youâd looked at him, one look, that set him on fire. And as you crossed into your apartment threshold, he couldnât seem to grab enough of you. The umbrella heâd borrowed from you was on the floor, along with your pretty coat, leaving wet stains on the floor. You were pressed between him in the wall, your hands deep into his tresses as he kissed you, his hands gripping almost painfully at your sides.Â
He pressed his lower body up against you unable to control the moan that came from his mouth at the contact of his hardened self against you.
âI need you.â He breathed out sounding so impossibly vulnerable.
âYou have me.â You said between kisses, and so he did, his wide palms sliding below your waist end scooping you into the air, your legs wrapped around his lanky figure.Â
He carried you to your room, my memory as you had yet to stop kissing him, and he couldnât see.Â
When he was there you fell into the bed, soft covers swallowing you up. He had thoughts to tease you, to take things slow, and feel every single moment of this. But as his fingers seperated your pants buttons and found their way to your core he couldnât stop himself from pleasuring you.Â
Your moans were honey, as he slid down your clothing and his mouth latched to your clit. One of your hands had traveled to his hair and the other was gripping his arm which was around your waist keeping your hips down to the bed.Â
He wanted more from you working his tongue and fingers at a devastating pace. His cock painful in his pants at your honey dripped moans. His hand pressed down hard against your waist as you bucked against his face, sweat beading on your chest, it felt terribly good.Â
âDaz-â you choked out as you reached your end, your hand pulling at the base of his roots causing him to moan into your pussy.Â
You couldnât hold back your moan as you came, hard and fast, cheeks hot as he kept going riding you through your orgasm.Â
Dazai felt your body go limp after you came, and he stood up reaching to unbutton his shirt but then your hands over lapped his and you began to remove his shirt. His lips were on your again as your removed his clothes.Â
Dazai let out a small noise of surprise when you turned and pushed him towards the bed. He went willingly though his eyes half lidded in lust as you crawled over to him straddling his waist. He was taking you in, and fuck if he couldnât come now just looking at you.Â
You leaned forward ticking a finger under his chin and guiding his lips back to yours. Dazai felt his control slipping but he didnât mind. He wanted to be yours, all yours. You could do whatever you wanted to him.
âLet me make you feel good.ââyou whisperedÂ
He hissed as you sank slowly down onto him your warmth wrapping around him like a vice. Damnit.
You moved again rising up your hips and bringing them back down at an agonizingly slow pace. This whole time heâd thought to tease you and it was you teasing him.Â
Almost as if you were reading his mind you smirked dipping slower to kiss his neck. Dazai jerked, another moan on his lips as you kissed at his newly discovered sensitive spot.Â
Youâd hip were starting to pick up the pace a bit, sucking hard against his neck. Your pace and attack on his neck was torture, the best kind.Â
His hands gripped your ass tightly now as you rode him, biting deeply against his neck. With each slap of skin you moved faster, Dazai felt like he could explode, and maybe he would.Â
He couldnât help himself, his hips snapping up into you suddenly causing you to throw your head back and moan. Oh yes he wanted more of that.Â
Your hands fell to his chest as he fucked you, his dick pressing up against that spot that was making you unravel.Â
In one swift motion heâd switched the flow and you were on your back again, and he was in between you. Your hands flew around his neck as he re-entered you.Â
âMhfphâ you choked out as he pressed deep into you, moaning your name sweetly into your ear.Â
He was one with you, as close as his magnet could reach, and though the fear of losing you still loomed in his mind, Dazai was in true bliss.Â
You were close, that feeling of knitting in your stomach, his strong deep strokes had left you gasping.Â
âOsamuâ you crooned, and he looked down at you now.Â
âSay that again.â He breathed out.Â
Dazai felt like he was going to unravel, right as youâd said his name, the way it slipped from your mouth had his heart racing.Â
He thrusted faster , kissing along your neck now.Â
âSay it, say it again.â He moaned out.
âMmm Osamu, â you repeated his name over and over again like a holy chant. âPlease.âÂ
His strokes were coming uneven, as he leaned down to take your sweet lips with his again, fucking hell he was going to come now, in the woman heâd loved for years.Â
âCome with me.â He breathed out and you nodded rapidly, he pressed his forehead to yours as you felt yourself come apart at the edges. Sweeping in nothing but pleasure you both came.
âOsamu!â You cried out eyes shut in ecstasy.Â
âââ-
Neither of you could be bothered to leave the bed. Dazai was holding you to his chest, your face in the crook of his neck, your heartbeats matching each otherâs.Â
âYou know itâs too late for you now right?â You whispered, his fingers playing with your hair.Â
Dazai smiled. âIt was too late for me since the moment we met.âÂ
You chuckled softly, âthatâs so cheesy.âÂ
Dazai chuckled back, placing a kiss on your forehead.Â
âYeah to bad youâve got to deal with it from now on.â
âI love you, Osamuâ Dazai heard you say, and even if he maybe thought he knew you did, it was different to hear you say it. He felt like he could break into a million pieces. Some stone cold bastard he was, he was absolute putty in your hands.Â
âI love you to, Y/NâÂ
#dazai osamu#osamu dazai#dazai x reader#dazai x reader smut#bungou stray dogs#bsd#bsd smut#bsd fanfic
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La Tristesse Sale
A Soukoku Fic
Summary: It had been 3 weeks, 5 hours, 28 minutes, and 32 seconds since Mori requested to see Dazaiâs annoying partner, and much to Dazaiâs own surprise, he was eager to resume their antagonistic dynamic, but when he returned, Chuuya wasnât as Dazai remembered. He was cold, without that familiar passion.
For the last 3 weeks, Chuuya had underwent a series of experiments to enhance his ability and create the ultimate killing machine: Corruption.
Relationships: Soukoku (Dazai/Chuuya)
Betaread by the lovely @fraink5! Thanks for continuously supporting me throughout this wild ride!
Chapter 8: Sortir
Sortir- [v.] to go out
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âOkay, up and at 'em! Let's go! Time to wake up!" Dazai yanked the sheets off his partner's bed. "Today, we are going to be productive members of society! Now, get up!"
Dazai hopped onto the bed and started jumping, causing it to shake just like he intended. Hopefully, it wouldn't break, but until it did, he'd continue to bounce, waiting for a familiar groan. He looked down. Two blue eyes stared at him with what he thought might have been a bit of malice, or it could just have been a hopeful hallucination.
As Chuuya groggily sat up, Dazai skipped out of the room, singing, before popping his head back in through the doorway. "I hope you haven't forgotten personal hygiene! The bath is yours for the taking!"
Really, if he thinks I'm taking him out when he stinks, he's wrong. And I really need to get him outside, so he'd better take a bath! Dazai monologued to himself about how incompetent and stressful the new Chuuya could be while the redhead prepared himself for whatever strange outing Dazai had planned.
Chuuya followed Dazai around like an obedient dog, never questioning anything until they were standing in the front of the aquarium. âI thought we were going to lunch.â
âNot this early. Besides, you need to go outside more.â
Chuuya stared at Dazai with empty eyes, the hollow blue sea slowly drowning Dazai. Of course, Dazai's smile remained afloat.
Dazai strolled inside, bought two one-day passes, and handed Chuuya a brochure. âWhere do you wanna go?â
Chuuya was filled to the brim with ideas, the main idea being silence and the other idea being "this isnât lunch."
Dazai peered over Chuuyaâs shoulder, "How about Fureai Lagoon?"
"Have you ever petted a shark before? I personally haven't and can't wait!" Dazai tapped his foot as Chuuya slowly caught up to him. Observing the lagoon, he noticed something of interest; there were people swimming in it. They were all wearing wet suits and wading about, and splashing with them were slippery white creatures. "Ah, Chuuya! Look! Look! They're swimming with dolphins! I want to do that too!"
"Sharks first." Chuuya eyed Dazai jumping up and down pointing like a child. He sighed.
Dazai ignored the sigh and its implications. Chuuya spoke! That by itself was so amazing that the tone didn't matter at all. Chuuya could have been sad, happy, angry, exhausted, perky, or anything, and Dazai wouldn't have cared so long as his partner spoke voluntarily. Perhaps he should have cared more about its connotations, but he didn't. A huge grin covered his face, âokay!"
Slowly, Dazai reached his hand into the shallow tank. Dark sharks swam in curvy patterns just below his fingertips. If he reached in any further, they would brush against him. Of course, that was the whole point, so Dazai moved his fingers to touch the back of a small shark. The baby shark continued on as if Dazai wasn't there, but, as it swam, Dazai could feel its coarse skin slip through his touch. It was a strange feeling and, sadly, ephemeral. In seconds, the fish was gone, and his hands were empty.
"Chuuya! You try too!" Dazai noticed his partner was fiddling with his glove and did him the favor of yanking it off. Then, he grabbed Chuuya's hand and submerged it into the lukewarm water. Chuuya stared at him, his eyes wide.
"You can't feel them outside the tank." Dazai shrugged and guided Chuuya's hand to the nearest little shark. He stopped applying pressure, allowing for Chuuya's hand to move on its own and make the connection. But Chuuya's hand didn't move. In fact, Chuuya stood still, his eyes looking back and forth between his hand and the fish. Was he afraid of such a small creature?
Impatiently, Dazai pressed Chuuya's hand against the shark. He smirked as the redhead's eyes doubled in size with surprise. Then, they returned to normal, and a strange tranquility drifted through the air. Dazai wished time would freeze, so he could embrace the rare moment of calm, but time continued, uncaring. In an instance, the fish had swam away. Dazai released Chuuya's hand and started using his now-free hand to chase sharks around the tank. "Fun, right?"
Chuuya nodded lethargically. He hadn't moved his hand but instead left it to hang there for the occasional fish to brush against it.
âChuuya! Weâre doing it! Weâre going to dive into the pool and vanish! Poof!â Dazai bounced in his seat as much as the large, black seatbelt would allow. His hands strangled the bars in front of his shoulders. His eyes ran up and down the track of Yokohamaâs famous vanishing coaster. Meanwhile, his partner wasnât focused on anything.
âChuuya! Chuuya! Chuuya! This is it!â The car slowly crept up the first slope. After reaching the peak, the track turned and started to tilt slightly. âChuuya! Weâre tilting! You know what that means?â
Chuuya shook his head. He didnât want to know what it meant either.
âItâs so the car can turn without losing speed! Weâre picking up speed!â After a few more turns, several small drops and endless screaming, Dazaiâs voice suddenly became shrill and his knuckles white. âCHUUYA! CHUUYA! ITâS COMING! ITâS COMING!!â
The coaster dived, and Dazai shrieked estatically as the pool grew larger and larger, and it seemed more likely theyâd crash into the water. Of course, that was ignoring the clear path of the ride that lead directly into a dark hole in the middle of the pool. Dazaiâs breath snagged in his throat, and they were submerged in darkness.
Inside the tunnel was a psychedelic blur. Rainbow lights streaked the walls as the car zoomed past them. It reminded Dazai of cliche, warp-speed movie effects and shooting stars. Make a wish. Dazai wondered if Chuuya was thinking something similar. He turned to his partner. In the racing lights, he thought he saw the hint of a smile. If only this could last a bit longer. Is that too selfish a wish? Then, blinding light. Was this what death was like?
Dazai let go of the air in his chest and screamed as the ride approached its final trick. The track twisted like a tornado, and the car sped down vivaciously until finally coming to a stop.
Dazai was smiling so widely he could have developed wrinkles from this one event. He clutched his stomach and doubled over with laughter the moment the seatbelts were lifted. Eyes squeezed shut, a tear slipped down his cheek.
âI want to get the part where we vanished on camera! Letâs ride it again, okay, Chuuya?â
Chuuya said nothing. In other words, he didnât say no.
âWant to go shopping, Chuuya?â Dazai muttered something under his breath about better clothes. Chuuya didnât respond. âNo? Okay, letâs just take a walk then! If you see anything you want, let me knowâah! Of course, youâre paying! But tell me if you see something because I donât want to accidentally leave you behindâ strolling ahead, Dazai spun around âbecause youâre incompetent~!â
The sun was out to get Dazai. The longer he walked around the warehouse grounds, the more sweat accumulated under his bandages. Gross. Why do I need to go out with Chuuya anyway? Meanwhile, a slight breeze brushed against them, threatening to snatch Chuuyaâs stupid hat awayâGo ahead. Take the hatâand carrying a sweet scent. âChuuya! Crepes! Letâs get crepes, okay?â
Holding his hat to his head, Chuuya trudged behind Dazai towards the crepe stand.
âIs chocolate okay?â Dazai asked, but it was a little too late to say no as Dazai was already holding one in Chuuyaâs direction. Hesitantly, the redhead took it from Dazaiâs bandaged hand. He slowly put the crepe to his lips and nibbled on it, completely aware that Dazai was watching him. Come on! Eat faster! Itâs good! Arenât you enjoying it? Dazai then glanced at the brown dessert in his own hand and frowned. He personally loved chocolate, but maybe it was just him. âChocolateâs okay, right?â
Suddenly, Chuuya took a large bite. Then, another until he had devoured the whole thing. He swallowed the final bite forcefully to Dazaiâs chagrin. Well, at least one of them could properly enjoy the sugary taste.
âAh, man! I totally need to walk this off now!â Dazai patted his stomach clichely. Why did people do that? It only upset his stomach, not that his partner would ever find out. He kept grinning. Hitting the redhead on the back forcefully, Dazai pushed him along. âYou too, Chuuya! Especially given the rate you inhaled that thing. Nobodyâs metabolism works that fast!â
They wandered aimlessly around the first brick building, Dazai waving his hands dramatically as random nonsense spewed out of his mouth: animal mating habits, cheesy pick up lines, Freud, how Akutagawaâs hair came to be, the migration of the human species, and of course, suicide. They strolled around the second building, walking along the balcony.
âChuuya, wanna ring these bells?â Dazai tiptoed up to the two small bells. His hand hovered over the string, controlling them.
âNo.â
âToo bad!â Dazai tugged the string, yanking it every which way, and the bells sang. It might have been pretty except Dazai kept shaking the string. Consequently, it did not sound like an angelic choir, but instead a song that kept being rewound every two seconds. Down below, near the port, people glanced up. Some of them looked at each other grinning. Others pointed with a laugh or snapped a few pictures. Dazai didnât understand what the deal was, so he ignored it.
Meanwhile, the sky had begun to dim, and the malevolent sun started to disappear behind the horizon. Dazai watched the golden shadow of the sun dance on the water until it had vanished almost entirely. The temperature had cooled, and small streams of oceanic breeze slipped through Dazaiâs bandages and washed the sweat away. Standing in silence, Dazaiâs thoughts were allowed to wander, much to his discomfort. Thankfully, he was saved by his growling hunger. âSay, Chuuya, are you hungry?â
â... a French restaurant?â
Dazai winked, âMy treat!â
âThanks.â
Dazai skipped to the receptionist, humming quietly. Chuuya will be blown away by my French! After all, I spent a couple hours studying last night. By studying, he meant google translate. (In the worst pronunciation possible) âUh...excusez-moi, mademoiselle. Deux sâil vous plaĂźt. Pour mon petit ami et moi.â
The womanâs face turned from a frown into a smile. âAh, yes. Follow me.â She whispered to one of the waitresses before guiding them to a secluded table. âA waitress will arrive with the menus in just a moment.â
Why wonât she speak French?!
As promised, a waitress quickly arrived and handed them menus. Before leaving, she lit the candle in the center of the table and dimmed the lights. Dazai smirked, âfancy.â
A couple minutes later, the waitress returned. âMay I take your order?â
âOui. Uh⊠je vou...voudrais le bisque de crabe.â
âYou can speak Japanese, monsieur.â
âEh? ButâŠâ
âPlease.â
Dazai sighed before covering it with a smile. âCrab bisque please!â
âAnd you, monsieur?â The waitress turned towards Chuuya who was for some reason really red in the face.
How rude! My french wasnât that bad! Too preoccupied with his own weakly supported internal defense, Dazai completely missed what Chuuya ordered. Probably some obscure French food no one with taste has ever heard of nor likes. I bet he butchered the pronunciation too! He looked at Chuuya again who was still blushing furiously. âSomething wrong, Chuuya?â Better not be my French.
âYeahâŠâ Chuuya shifted in his seat. He stared at his lap intensely.
âWhat is it?â
ââPetit amiâ doesnât mean what you think it meansâŠâ
Dazai grinned. He was going to have fun with this. âNow, now, Chuuya. I know the truth is hard to accept, but letâs face it: youâre short.â
Dazai expected his partner to strangle him or at least kick him under the table, but this new Chuuya was unpredictable. Instead, the redhead readjusted his position (again) and fingered with the knife on the table . âIt⊠it meansâ He looked away entirely, no longer trying to be discreet about his embarrassment. â...boyfriendâŠâ
âEh?â Dazai blinked. âEH?!â
Chuuya fell silent, still facing away.
âCh-Chuuya!â Dazai didnât know where to look. Nowhere was safe. Everything mocked his mistake. And the lights, oh god, they thought⊠Dazai started to feel queasy. âW-Why didnât you say something?!â
âI didnât realize you were going to try and speak French.â
Dazai buried his burning face in his heads. âOh god⊠this is terrible⊠Someone kill me⊠Iâm ready to dieâŠâ
âYeah...â Both of them just wanted the conversation to end.
âYou donât understand!â Dazai stood up abruptly, almost knocking over the table. âI need to use the restroom.â
Chuuya said nothing. He only sighed when Dazai was gone.
Meanwhile, Dazai rinsed his face over and over again, hoping to put out the fire behind his cheeks. How am I supposed to face him now? How am I supposed to lead the Mafia when Iâm âdatingâ that hat rack? Dating? No. Out of the question. This misconception needs to die. Tonight.
He returned back to the table, and the two of them spent the remainder of their meal in silence. Neither could eat. âH-How about we take these to go...friend?â
Chuuyaâs eyes, which judged Dazai, immediately returned to the floor when Dazai looked his way. âYeahâŠâ
Everything seemed to be going so well earlier; how did it end this way? Retiring to his apartment, Dazai dreaded the next day when Kouyou would find out what happened, and worse, when he would have to face Chuuya again.
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