#imagine dazai coming back and being like ��where’s kunikida where’s my partner”

[lotus-pear]

i think asagiri’s new favorite character is aya bc can anything else explain why both of her father figures just fucking dissolved in the same chapter

[kotton-kandy953]

━ 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙻𝚈 𝙱𝙴𝙻𝙾𝚅𝙴𝙳

➛ various!yandere!male oneshots x fem!reader

title page┆word count: 2.3k┆warnings: dazai behavior, death, forced touches (kinda), manipulation, obsessive behavior, possessive behavior, suicide, yandere themes┆a/n: the plot for this one-shot was actually the plot I had for a hanako-kun x reader fic that I never got to finish. (btw “bella” means “beautiful” and “belladonna” means “beautiful lady.” It is also the name of a flower) kinda rushed ending I think

𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀

yandere!osamu d. x fem!reader

⤷ ❝ 𝕺𝕳,

my elegant flower…” Dazai breathily muttered into your ear, his right hand traveling down your body to secure itself onto your waist. The other lightly sliding down your arm until it met with yours, your hands mending together almost perfectly.

He began taking slow, steady steps with you in his firm, yet ever so delicate, arms. You hated the way he made you feel; and the heat rising to your cheeks didn’t make it any better.

The way his hands held onto you like nothing else in the world mattered made you sick. Like he was so deeply in love with you, that he never, ever wanted to let you go.

And this this hell felt like heaven for him.

So much like heaven, that he’s made you forget how and why you’re even in this concerning situation.

You and Dazai danced together as if you both were lovers, destined to always find each other in whatever universe God puts you in.

But it was quite the opposite.

Take where you are for example, atop the roof of an abandoned 5 story building at the dead of night.

Why are you even here, you ask? Well let’s go back to the beginning.

You and Dazai are coworkers at the Armed Detective Agency (ADA), and have been for the past few years. And because of that, you’re practically around the man 24/7.

But what’s so wrong with Dazai? Well, not only is he extremely irritating and obsessed with suicide, but it’s so painfully obvious that he’s obsessed with you as well!!

He’s overwhelmingly clingy and flirtatious, not to mention his constant attempts at suicide and begging for you to join him in a double suicide drive you mad. He can also be a tad bit controlling and manipulative when it comes to spending time with others.

“Oh, bella…” Dazai sang as he kneeled in front of you while you sat in your desk chair, his hands keeping a firm grip on yours. “…I can just imagine how beautiful your hands would look around my neck, finally granting me the sweet gift of death I crave so muc—“

“-Quit flirting with L/n, Dazai! Get back to work!!” Kunikida shouted at the suicidal brunet before dragging him away from you by his shirt collar.

You sighed at the scene before you, quickly turning back towards your desk and returning to your job. But your peace and quiet didn’t last very long until you were assigned the job to check out an old, abandoned, warehouse that is suspected to be the hideout for an unknown organization kidnapping certain people around the area of Yokohama.

Of course, you agree to the job and the partner assigned to you… but you declined the last part. You insisted that you did not need anyone’s assistance in this job, mainly because you didn’t want a certain bandage-waster recommending himself as the perfect candidate for the position.

You left the ADA building, ready to save the captives and go home and sleep. But someone had ulterior motives…

Once arriving at the warehouse, you pulled out your gun and hid in a blind spot from anyone inside the abandoned building.

Your eyes scanned the perimeter and the entrance it’s self and… “Is no one in there?” You quietly muttered to yourself; there was absolutely no sign of life anywhere.

What the fuck? You thought.

You were about to walk over there before you were stopped by your gun being snatched right out of your grasp.

“I doubt you’ll be needing that, bella.”

Gasping in shock, you spun around on your heel, meeting eyes with… him. “Wha… what are you doing here, Dazai!?”

“Call me Osamu,” he added rather quickly, “and what’s so wrong with a fellow member of the agency taking the time out of their evening to assist their dear colleague?”

You angrily glared at him but he seemed to not care. It’s almost like he loves getting a reaction out of people, especially you.

“I thought I told you I liked working alone…“ what made you trail off of your sentence short was Dazai reaching for your hand and gently holding it in his.

He didn’t dare to break eye contact as he kissed your knuckles. You grimaced at the feeling, cursing yourself for not snatching your hand away and shoving him away from you.

“I could be trying out a new method of suicide right now, but I decided to spend my time with you.” He added with a small pout.

You rolled your eyes at him, “Wow, how selfless…! Now leave, I’m trying to do my job here!! Now give me my gun back!!!”

You jumped to reach the black weapon but he held it over your head, “Ah, ah, ah! I told you that you won’t need this, haven’t I, my dear belladonna?”

You tightly pressed your lips together, already knowing that Dazai won’t give in that easily. Shit, he probably won’t even give in at all!

“You know, I might reconsider that offer of strangling you to death right about now…” you muttered under your breath.

“Oh really?” He leaned over towards you a bit, you didn’t exactly expect him to hear you. “Sorry, but I prefer my deaths to be painless and knowing you, that probably won’t happen.”

Sighing, you reached out your open hand in front of him, “My gun.”

“Well that’s not a complete sentence now is it, Belladonna?” Laughing softly to himself Dazai, sat up straight. “I’m getting sick of this back and forth banter, let’s just go inside the place already.”

Dazai threw his hands back, the gun flying back even further. You watched in horror as it disappeared into the overgrown vegetation.

“You fucking—“

The bandaged brunet grabbed onto your wrist and forced you into the warehouse.

The second you both ran through the door, you pried your wrist off of his hand, “What the hell’s wrong with you, Osamu!? There could’ve been a bunch of armed men in here trying to kill us!!”

“But there wasn’t.” He stated bluntly, not even wanting to touch on the fact that you have just referred to him as “Osamu.”

Seething, you tore your gaze away from him and looked around the empty space around you. No one’s here either.

“You’re right. There… isn’t…” You looked around for a good 5 seconds before a loud gasp echoed through the room.

“What? You… you lied about the- the everything didn’t you!? The kidnappers and—”

“-I didn’t lie, okay.” He raises his hands up In defense. “All I did was tell you the wrong address, the kidnappers are somewhere on the other side of Yokohama but who cares!!” He laughed uncaringly at the situation.

“You cannot be fucking for real right now…” you rubbed your temple at the mere thought of this. It was absolutely unbelievable.

You and everyone at the ADA might know this already, but it’s becoming more and more evident as the days go by: Dazai is fucking insane.

“Come on, Y/n!! Don’t tell me you’re scared of heights!!” You must’ve zoned out for a moment because now Dazai is climbing the stairs up to the next floor as he urges you on to follow him.

Already mentally drained, you wanted to turn around and go home, but something about this intrigued you so you went along with it.

That was your first mistake.

This went on for another twenty or so minutes until you both have reached the roof. Quite frankly, you were tired and out of breath. Panting as if you had just ran a fucking marathon.

“You made it!” He claps his hands together, “Barely…” he adds on under his breath, loud enough for you to hear.

“Why… did you bring me here…?” You said as you finally got a hold of your breath, noticing that it is already dark outside. The only light source being the bright, half-moon in the sky.

“Bring you here…?” Dazai slowly stepped closer to you, chuckling darkly to himself, “What do you mean? You followed me all by yourself. You could’ve turned around and went home whenever you wanted.” As if he’d even let you do that in the first place.

“Uh- well…” you stuttered, “Whatever.” Crossing your arms you, turned away from him.

The bandaged brunet stepped closer to you, “C’mon, bella…“ He whined, shoving his hands into his pockets; a strange smile tugging at the corners of his lips.

“What’s the matter? Are you mad because I lied to you?” He teased you in a mock baby voice, desperately trying to get a reaction out of you.

You turned around, ready to give him a piece of your mind, but his brown eyes looking right through your soul silenced you. There was a look on his face that you couldn’t make out. Was he frustrated? Maybe amused?

Whatever it was, you didn’t want any parts of it.

“I don’t even know why I followed you up here. I’m leaving.” You swiftly turned around again, and began walking away. But a firm grip on your forearm stopped you right in your tracks.

“Hey, what are you-“

He didn’t respond. He only yanked you into his arms. His, that you won’t admit, warm and loving arms. His arm was tightly around your waist while the other gently rested on top of your head.

“Dazai,” you paused, horribly frustrated with yourself for finding somewhat enjoying his embrace, “what are you doing?”

“Y/n, you know how I just love the idea of committing a double suicide with the beautiful lady I fall in love with?” He whispered to you, his arms securely around your waist.

“Uhm, yeah? I guess? What does any of this have to do with…?”

“I have another question,” he continued, “You do know I’m in love with you, right?”

“You what!?—“

Suddenly, Dazai released you from his embrace, you would’ve lost balance if he didn’t secure his grip on your waist.

“Oh, my elegant flower…!” he breathily whispered into your ear as his hand firmly grasped onto yours. You looked into his brown eyes that sparkled like stars in the beautiful moonlight. You hated the way he looked at you. You just hated absolutely everything about him. Why did he of all people have to fall in love with you?

At this point, you have no idea what the fuck is going on. Feeling weird by not doing anything with your free hand, you awkwardly placed your free hand on his shoulder.

You’ve never slow danced with a man before, but this what they do on movies, right? This is good enough.

He began taking slow, steady steps with you in his firm yet ever so delicate arms. You couldn't help but divert your gaze away from him whilst your face flushed a soft red color. Why am I blushing like crazy right now? Why won’t it stop!?

“Did you not hear me?” He continued the previous conversation, momentarily stopping his movements, “I said that I’m in love with you.”

“You’re… in… in love?” You felt so stupid at this moment. Has it not been obvious since the beginning? He constantly compliments you on a daily. He’s even expressed his interest in committing a double suicide with his lover, and you just happen to be the person he bothers with the question the most. I’d have to be stupid to never realize it, shit.

“No, that’s not true…” his grip around your waist now becoming hellishly tight. A gasp escaped your lips but it was quickly overrun by his words, “I’m obsessed with you. Why else would I lie about your current mission? I just needed this alone time with you. There’s something really important I needed to tell you.”

“I- are you crazy!?” You shrieked, your last pieces of sympathy for him instantly shattering into oblivion.

“Only crazy for you, my beautiful flower.”

“Dazai, are you seriou-“

Before you could get a word out, Dazai pressed his soft lips against yours. The kiss was only a few seconds, but for you, it felt like an eternity.

Once he finally pulled away, you caught your breath. In a melodramatic manner, nonetheless.

An amused smirk tugged at the corners of his lips as he stared straight into your eyes, “I doubt it was that bad, Y/n.” He chuckled softly.

“You can’t hate me that much, my dear bella.”

You didn’t respond to him, only diverting your gaze away from him. “I do, I really do…”

He laughed quietly before beginning to take a few steps with you. You became more and more embarrassed each time you slipped up and stepped on his feet but still not feeling obligated to mutter a quiet apology.

But then, there was a sudden stop. You could feel Dazai’s heart pounding faster than usual. He redirected his gaze and bit his lip nervously before looking straight at you.

He placed a soft kiss against your forehead, and muttered a quiet declaration of love before hugging you tightly. Embracing you with all of his might.

And leaning forward. At first, you thought that he was passed out or something and that you both were stumbling to the ground, but that wasn’t the case. It was quite the opposite, as a matter of fact.

Now it all makes sense. Why he stopped dancing; Because you were on the edge of the roof, perhaps?

Why he grabbed onto you; So you wouldn’t fight against him, maybe?

His decoration of love… he was going to kill himself.

And bring you along with him.

Tears ran down your face as sobs ripped through your throat. You couldn’t believe it, despite how surprising that sounds. It just feels like some kind of act of betrayal to you, even if he is dying as well.

The moment before you and Osamu hit the rock-hard pavement, he let go of you and muttered a phrase you may never forget, even in the afterlife:

“Thank you.”

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[dreamkidddream]

hello! may i ask

🧡 How do they confess that they like someone?

💛 Do they drop hints that they like someone and what are they?

🥰 How often do they stare lovingly at their s/o?

for Kunikida? <3

YESSSSSSS ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I GOT TO WRITE FOR KUNIKIDA‼️‼️ I’m so excited right now omgggg- I’m sorry 😭😭 Kunikida is one of my favorite characters (like top 5) so I’m very happy that someone requested :) thanks to everyone who sent in some asks for this game, it was very fun <33

🧡 How do they confess that they like someone?

Oh Kunikida already everything planned down to the T! It’s all written out in his notebook- places, times, meals, everything. Even though he has everything planned, he is so anxious to make sure that it all goes well (he’s trying not to show it but he won’t stop pacing and he’s about to break his 5th pen). It’s a nice time out and after everything is done, he steels his nerves and decides that he can’t wait any longer. His confession is soft-spoken and his voice is full of conviction with no room left for doubt. He’s not tearing his eyes away from yours even though his pulse is racing and the tip of his eyes are turning pink. He’s baring all of himself to you, letting his guard down and being open, vulnerable- but he’s willing to do it if it means he has a chance to be with you.

It should be wrong that he fell in love with you when you didn’t reach all of his ideals but…it doesn’t feel wrong. He lives by his ideals, but he can’t imagining living without you.

💛 Do they drop hints that they like someone and what are they?

I do believe that Kunikida would drop super small hints once he comes to terms about his feelings for you. He would ask questions under the guise of making small talk, but he’s trying to get information on if you’re already in a relationship, if you like someone yourself, who’s your ideal type of partner, etc. (and he does write his answers down in his notebook). He also would try to help you out as much as he could- not because you need it, but because he wants to. He won’t do it for you (you’re capable enough and he doesn’t want to undermine your strengths), but he has no problem assisting.

Also Kunikida is going to be a bit of a helicopter parent with you. He’s going to be making sure that you’re eating, taking breaks, not straining your eyes- the list is growing and it could be a bit annoying, but it’s just his way of showing that he cares about you (but on the bright side, you get free food and your walks home aren’t as lonely as before).

🥰 How often do they stare lovingly at their s/o?

Kunikida does it unknowingly- and he does it a lot more than he thinks. There has been times where he realizes that he’s staring at you while he’s working, and he gets a bit flustered when he snaps back to reality (and can you imagine how embarrassed he is when Dazai notices? Because he does and has no problem teasing him about it either). But when you guys are home or just spending time together outside of the agency, all bets are off. You could doing the most mundane activity and Kunikida will just sit there and admire you (you catch him more than once and he can’t stop blushing, but he unconsciously goes back to admiring you again).

If you live together and you’re the first one to pass out, he takes his time after writing in his notebook to just gaze at you, wondering just how lucky he is that he has you.

[shadyteacup]

Part two of Partners

Tw: None..only some fluff..

A plethora of muffled noises filled your ears. It felt as though you had been under water for as long as you remember, and had just peeked at the surface.  Your eyes were still closed, but you could see a white light above the surface. You push yourself to swim to the edge, towards that light. As you swam closer, the noises became clearer. Louder. It hurt your head. But you had to continue forward. So you pushed yourself to the surface.

Finally opening your eyes, it felt as though you had broken through the surface that was trapping you in a deep slumber. You were no longer under water. The voices became much clearer. You could hear multiple people. Some of whom you recognized.

You took in a deep breath, feeling the crisp air around you.

"Y/N?"

A silky voice said, right next to you.

You peered your eyes open a little more, fighting the sting of the brightness of your surroundings.

You could see a pale ceiling. And smell antiseptic. You were in the hospital.

Looking to your side, you were met with concerned brown orbs.

"Hey.." You smile at him.

All of a sudden, he hugs you. He buries his head in your neck, whispering an almost inaudible, "I almost lost you.."

You froze. You could smell his cologne. It was refreshing. Soft brown hair tickled your face as he stayed like that for a while. You didn't know what to do. You and Dazai have been friends for a really long time, and have hugged before. But this time it felt different. It felt deep and meaningful. You just stayed there, letting the feeling of his warm breath on your neck, his strong arms around your shoulders, and the concerned, timid tone of his voice sink in.

Abruptly pulling back, he stands up straight, facing away from you. Placing his hands in his pockets, he mumbles,

"I'll tell the others."

With that, he was out of the room in an instant.

You were so confused. Did he just hug you? Does he care about you? Did he fear losing you?

And what's this warm feeling? Do you like him?? Well, ofcourse you like him. But does he like you too?

"You're awake!"

Kunikida strides in, followed shortly by Yosano and Ranpo.

"I'm so glad!", Yosano says as she hugs you, kissing your cheek.

You hug her back, smiling at them.

"Hey, guys!"

Ranpo was quietly watching you.

"Hey Ranpo San.. "

He acknowledged you with a nod.

"Is everything ok??", you ask, worried about him.

His green eyes bore into yours.

"I was worried about you. Don't do that again. I missed you."

That was huge coming from him.

"Come here" you open your arms, inviting him for a hug.

You hugged the emerald eyed man child; Yosano forcefully pulling Kunikida along with her to join you guys. You lot bonded over a group hug.

"Y/N San!! Are you OK! I was so worried! I'm so glad you're awake!"

Atsushi rushed into the room, followed by Kyoka and Kenji, hot on his heels.

He and Kenji joined in the hug.The usually conserved Kyoka also jumped into the hug. You kissed their tiny heads, telling them how much you had missed them.

A few moments later, the president walked in, carrying a cup of tea for you. He said that he was glad that you were feeling better. The tea he had gotten had healing qualities, so he pretty much forced it down your throat.

"President, about the case.. What happened?"

The president filled you in.

The girl you two encountered, Sakura Yagami, wasn't the one that was kidnapped. She was an ability user who could mess with minds. She wasn't very experienced, but she had mastered the art of making her opponents see a different face when they saw her, making them believe that she was someone else entirely. Her height and build matched that of the girl that was taken. She used her ability to manipulate your mind, and make you believe that she looked like Aiko, the missing girl.

Sakura had used the help of light and shadows to mask majority of her features. Afterall, the ambush had taken place in a dark, abandoned warehouse, where there were no artificial sources of light. This resulted in half of her features being hidden in the shadows, making it difficult for Dazai, who wasn't affected by her ability, to recognize a different face. Most of the time, Dazai stayed behind Ito and Sakura, and hence never got a chance to properly inspect her facial features.

Meanwhile, Aiko has been kept in some hideout. The ability users will shortly be interviewed, and hopefully, the location of the missing girl will be known.

"I see. So she was the mastermind of the entire fiasco, not Ito."

"Correct."

The president then excused himself, along with Yosano and Ranpo, who had to carry out the interrogation.

Atsushi and Kyoka were forced out by Kunikida, who believed that they would only cause ruckus in here.

"Have you talked to Dazai yet?"

He asked you.

"Yes, and no."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I did get to say hi, but didn't get a chance to say anything more.."

"I see... He was very worried. The most worried, actually."

Oh?

"I'll go get him."

Kunikida left to get Dazai. He didn't return, only sending Dazai to the room.

Dazai walked into the room with a smile, one that didn't reach his eyes.

"Y/N! Don't tell Kunikida, but I stole his glasses "

You giggled.

"You really don't change, do you?"

He grinned boyishly at you.

"Never!"

You hesitate to ask him, but you do anyways.

"Dazai, why were you so worried about me?"

He blinked for a moment, processing what you had asked him, choosing his next words carefully.

"Because you are a valued member of the organization, ofcourse!"

Your heart sank at his words. Maybe you had overthought. Maybe it was just one sided. You had always liked him. He had a certain aura around him that dragged you in. But you were never able to guage whether he liked you back. So you never said anything. You understood him, in a way. The darkness that he tries so hard to hide, is pretty easy to notice for you.

You have been through quite a lot, seen a lot, and have experienced a similar darkness. You used to be a part of that darkness too. But not anymore. Now, you were trying to heal. And so was he. You thought you understood him to a deep level, because you both were going through the same process; the process of healing. But maybe, you were reading a little too much. Maybe, there isn't anything in between the lines. Maybe, he doesn't get you, or maybe you don't get him at all.

"Why do you ask?"

"No reason!", there it was. Your own mask. Dazai was amazing at hiding his emotions behind a façade. But so were you.

"Ne, Dazai, what are you going to do with those glasses? Do you have anything planned? I want to join in the prank!"

You say, grinning at him.

He stays silent, observing your face.

"What are you thinking?"

He moves closer to you, seating himself on the chair next to your bed.

"Y/N.. I.."

His heart was thumping in his chest. It was beating so hard, he felt that at any second, it would jump out and start dancing on the floor.

He had seen your expressions just now. It was just for a split second, but you had let your guard down, and a variety of emotions had run through your eyes. He had seen that. He had seen the slight disappointment in your eyes when he had closed himself up from you.

Nobody understood him the way you did. Whenever he was having a bad day, you would always cheer him up. And not always in a traditional way, either. You could read his feelings. He felt like an open book when you were around. He couldn't hide his thoughts from you, even if he tried. You would accurately gauge what he was feeling, and do whatever you deemed would make him feel good. And it always worked. Sometimes, it was a random walk at 3 am, when he would text you telling you that he couldn't sleep.. Sometimes it was some stupid prank that you would devise, roping him in, and relieving him of the pent up stress he was experiencing. At other times, you would randomly show up at his house, carrying cans of crab, or bottles of sake and beer , distracting him from his dark thoughts. He didn't know how you managed to do that, how you always knew that he needed you, and what you needed to do to make him feel better. He really cherished having you in his life.

He had harbored a crush on you for months now. He hadn't said a word about it, fearing that all you felt for him were friendly feelings. He always held himself back, and had to control his urge to shout his feelings for you from the top of some building. He liked you so much, he knew it was love. Lord, you hadn't even started dating yet! Still, he knew he loved you. You are a unique, amazing person, and he couldn't imagine his life without you in it. So when you were hurt today, when you passed out from the pain, he almost lost it. He couldn't think straight. He doesn't even remember what he did afterwards. All he remembers is thinking ,'Please be ok, please be ok ' on repeat. His sole purpose was to get you to safety. When you had finally gained consciousness, he had let all his guards down. He couldn't help the overflow of relief that flooded his body at that moment. So he hugged you.

He thought that maybe this is the right moment to finally tell you how he truly felt. But what if you don't like him back?

No. He had seen your expressions. You could read him easily, but he could read you too. He knew now, for a fact, that you felt the same way. He had seen it on your face. But what if he's wrong?

Well, one must take a chance to know the result.

"I like you, Y/N."

He finally says.

You look at him wide eyed. Then start laughing.

"You're scaring me."

You wipe your tears.

"No, please don't misunderstand... I like you too! Oh my God, I was so worried! I thought you didn't like me back..."

You continued laughing. Dazai sighed in relief, happy to know that his feelings were reciprocated.

"How long have you liked me, Dazai?"

You ask him.

"How long have you liked me, Y/N?"

He countered.

"Ha! Don't turn the question on me! Answer me, first!"

Dazai stuck his tongue out, shaking his head like a child.

"No way. I bet you have been liking me for over a year now. I'm so charming, afterall!"

You gasp at that.

"Don't tell me.... you've been liking me for months now, haven't you!"

"Hah?? I never said that!"

"Oh, but you made it quite clear!"

"How so?!"

"You said 'you must've liked me for a year'!"

Dazai scoffed.

"That  doesn't prove anything!"

"It does! You tried to quote a time period greater than yours, to seem superior!" You exclaim, pointing your finger at him.

"It's simple psychology. You should know this by now.", you say smugly, smirking at him.

"You're a terrible person reader!"

"Seriously? 'Person reader'? Improve your vocabulary."

"Haah?! You tell me what it's called, then!"

"It doesn't matter what I say! You suck!" You stick your tongue out this time.

You two are children, I swear.

"I suppose you leave me no other choice."

Dazai smirks, leaning closer to you.

"Oh? And what are you going to do exactly? You lost. Accept it-"

He shut you up with a kiss.

Your face flushes a deep red, but you don't miss the light red that coated his cheeks.

"You're blushing!" , you say.

"That's funny coming from you!"

"I'm not blushing, idiot.. "

Dazai pinches your cheeks.

"Aww.. is my baby embarrassed?"

You push his hand away, annoyed at his antics.

"Oh my, you really are embarrassed! How cute of-"

This time, you shut him up. With a kiss. A slightly more heated one.

He just stares at you with wide eyes, a deep red tint on his face.

You smirk at him, proudly announcing your win.

You two continued bickering, until a nurse had forcefully shoved Dazai out, as he wasn't letting you take rest.

[celeste245]

Hello~

So I published my lyrical work out there , why not show you my work in imagines too ?

This is some random bungo stray dogs headcanons because I'm obsessed and have serious mental issues :

ADA :

Osamu dazai :

My fav boy ❤️

Don't like sweets that much and can't eat spicy food .

He don't really care if he had all his meals he just eat when he's bored or to skip work or to skip kunikida's lectures about him leaving work to eat .

Take shower to pass time but hates it when he starts overthinking about his life choices , my boy had really chaotic past .

Loves to be around atsushi because he reminds him that there are still pure souls out there .

Kinda feel bad about akutagawa yet he convinced himself it happened in the past and do nothing about it . ( He is an asshole for how he treated that poor baby ) .

Still an asshole to akutagawa.

He respects kunikida for his hard work , but of course never admit it .

Sometimes sneaks to chuuya's apartment and steal his wine just to annoy him .

One time on chuuya's birthday he sneaked to his apartment , left there a note saying how much of a good partner he was for him and how much he adores him although he would never say it to his face .

Chuuya almost felt tears slipping until he flipped the note and there dazai wrote that he stole all his wine and poured it in his bathroom 💃

Also put a bomb under his car .

Dazai is a Terrible driver .

Kunikida doppo :

He hates it here .

Everytime dazai walk out of the door saying he would try new suicide method he learned he hopes it work and won't see him go through that door again .

But gets worried of it actually works .

Would scold the hell out of him for ruining his schedule.

Makes his bed before he leaves his apartment.

Fold his pijamas before he leaves so when he come back from work he would not waste time getting it out of the closet .

Make sure he have his meals .

Make sure he drink water .

My man is healthy .

Take really good care of his hair .

Sometimes yosano takes him to the salon with her .

Has a terrible sleep schedule he hate it .

Cares a lote about atsushi , koyouka and Kenji , he just has his special way to show it .

Buys rampo candy and keep it for him in his save or drawer .

He is inspired a lot from the president .

Ranpo :

Brings Poe with him to entertain him during cases he solves also to flex his ultra deduction .

Take koyouka with him to candy shop to buy her the delicious sweets also because he will get lost in the way .

If the day goes by without someone complementing him he will get upset and pouty .

If they still didn't get the hint he will start complaining about it .

Once they complement him he will act all smug .

Ranpo : non of y'all complemented me today and I'm sad ! Where is my complement ? Where's " oh my you are so smart ! " " Good job ranpo-san " " being too smart must be so tiring " ?! I want complement !

Atsushi : you did good job as always ranpo-san !

Ranpo : what else would you expect from the greatest detective alive atsushi ? Of course I'm amazing .

Atsushi :....

Yosano warned him about eating too much candy and snacks saying his tooth will get damaged .

Of course he didn't listen . His tooth kept him awake all night .

Yosano noticed that , he refuses to admit it .

She let him be until he couldn't handle that anymore .

Sleeps with too much pillows.

Never make his bed .

Never cooked for himself , he either order or have dinner in someone else's apartment .

Probably kunikida's .

Loves to play with kenji .

Sometimes team up with dazai to cause chaot in the agency .

Eventually blames dazai for everything .

Of course everyone will believe ranpo.

And everyone blame dazai .

But dazai still team up again with ranpo because he's fun .

I love this dude ❣️

Yosano ✨ :

She meditate twice a week .

Before going to bed she drink a glass of wine 🍷 lay in bubble bath with jazz music on the background .

Eats healthy .

Finds dazai interesting partner .

Ranpo's bestie .

Has a habit of walking around and thinking of how each one of them would die .

Ranpo : diabetes.

Kunikida : heart attack because of stress .

Dazai : kunikida .

Atsushi : akutagawa or dazai .

Koyouka : ranpo from feeding her too much sweets .

Cooks sometimes for the group .

Practices to improve her fighting skills .

Loves to have at least 30 minutes chitchat with each member to catch up before heading to work .

Hates bugs , but she isn't scared of them.

Sometimes she think about letting her hair grow but then remembers how much time she would spend taking care of it so she changes her mind .

Atsushi nakajima :

Jinko .

Cares about koyouka . Cooks for her , brush her hair ...

One time he brought dazai flowers as a thank you for father's day and dazai almost had a heart attack .

He brought flowers to kunikida on mom's day and kunikida didn't know if he should be happy or questioning why the hell would he bring him flowers in mothers day .

He is a people pleaser .

Has a lot of nightmares , only sleeps well if he was hugging a pillow or something .

One time he had tried a pizza and loved it to the point he kept eating it until he didn't like it anymore .

He and akutagawa sometimes get along with out noticing .

Once they do they go back on arguing and trying to kill each other .

Shin sokoukou everyone.

Make fun of each other's hairstyles .

Both of their hairstyles is weird .

Has a strong hearing sense .

Thinks of the Ada as his family .

They embarrasse him sometimes .

Likes reading books .

Wants to try new language.

Koyouka :

Not much if talkative .

Loves it when atsushi takes care of her .

Eats a lot of tofu .

Knows how to cook one or two .

Loves painting and drawing a lot .

Low-key good at it .

Loves singing to , but prefers when someone sing for her instead of the other way around.

One time yosano took her to buy some skin care products she was stunned with the beautiful products .

Sometimes buys them as a decorations 😂.

Thinks that akutagawa is an emo kid who needs serious help .

But somehow feels empathy towards him .

One time she thought about cutting her hair but everyone complained saying it looks better long so she kept it .

Still don't know how to not kill people to protect the agency .

Sometimes goes to her mother grave and cry .

One time when she visited her mother grave , demon snow activated by her self and gave koyouka a hug .

It was surprising , since that day she tried to think of her as a friend .

Wants to have a cat pat .

But then remembers she has atsushi .

Tanizaki :

Kind hearted boy .

Gives the stray cats food .

Braids Naomi's hair when she's asleep .

Cooks very well .

Helps in cleaning the agency sometimes.

Loves watching comedy shows and memorize a joke or two to tell Naomi .

His jokes are dead.

Naomi laughs out of pitty .

Poor boy.

He one time made major car accedent because Naomi was almost hit by a car .

Dazai uses him as a bait .

Get pranked a lot by dazai .

Atsushi's buddy .

Low-key scared of ranpo . Finds him intimidating.

But doesn't find kunikida scary at all.

Even when he gives him lectures about his and Naomi's behavior.

Heavy sleeper .

Doesn't eat that much .

President :

Adores ranpo.

Everyone's father figure .

Koyouka's grandfather .

takes the group to vacations .

He and Mori got stuck at the elevator and complained about how their subordinates are driving them crazy .

Mori : so , Who's in charge when you are not around ?

Fukuzawa : well ranpo teams up with dazai on cutting kunikida's hair But got cought and blamed dazai , kunikida almost committed a murder , kenji is depressed because the new cow he brought was cooked for dinner . Koyouka is eating it's ribs while atsushi is crying in the kitchen because he burned the soup he tried to make for Kenji to make him feel better . Yosano is in charge she convinced me to let them be because she has " special treatment " later . You ?

Mori : I told them if they do something stupid I will kill them and then kill myself .

Although they can be pain in the ass he loves them .

On Christmas he check the gifts and change it in case kunikida gave dazai poison .

Listen to calm music .

Don't know how to dance .

Don't watch movies .

Likes to chitchat with kunikida to ease his mind .

Treat Kenji as his favourite child.

Ranpo sometimes gets jealous.

Yosano took him to the salon as a birthday present .

He low-key loved it .

Pretend to be stressed so yosano can take him to the salon.

I love this man .

Soooo that's it , this is my first time , hope you enjoy if you want pm or pt2 let me know .

[shozaii]

can u pls gib me kunikida and dazai fluff hcs? i love them sm

(a/n):hello anon! why, of course hehe🥰thank you so much for the request!

@amourzai my cielo helped me with this fic ilysm☁🌹

masterlist 

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fluffy hc’s 

pairings: dazai x reader, kunikida x reader

warnings: none!

dazai osamu

despite being the chaotic person that he is, dazai tends to turn into the mushy soft puddle when he’s with you. swoons around you, always shows you his best side, brags about him being better than chuuya, basically what you see him do to atsushi, but it’s ten times more emphasized and complex.😌

when he wants to confess his feelings, he does it in a quiet, peaceful place. namely, while watching the yokohama sunset. may or may not have found time to walk back home alone with you, held your hand and locked his arm around yours. “i need to show you something special, love~.”

feelings to him is something so cherished, so sophisticated and important. as a person who has gone through a series of emotions; he prefers to let them out in private.

even kneels down and asks, “would you be mine, mon cheri?” while rubbing little circles on the back of your hand.

when dazai confesses, his eyes would look directly into yours. if anything were to bother him; consider his other side to be seen. and we all know we don’t want that to happen.

i don’t know why but i always imagine dazai’s hands to be soft and delicate, and lovely to hold. (yes, i have seen too many gifs of them and i am in love) anything he does with his hands are just so attractive.

blows kisses when he’s like across you. so it becomes a series of sending each other kisses when you’re like one metre apart....and when he really does miss it, he gets up from his seat, leans over and pecks your lips real quick.

height difference is pretty obvious between him and his s/o(unless you’re super tall :0). if you were shorter, consider the t e a s i n g 24/7. if you were nearly as tall/taller than him, the floor is all yours🥴

lowkey wish i was taller rn

okay but real talk - he loves carrying you bridal style. a lot. and here’s the thing, it happens at random timing. for instance, when you’re working on your latest paperwork. during a mission (just to boast how strong he is). very unpredictable but so adorable, you can’t help but blush harder.

“osamu! put me down or else....!”

“or else what, my honey bunch?”

“you’re not getting kisses for a week.”

mans sets you down with raptor speed. unless if he’s in a flirty mood, you would see yourself winning.

yes, he loves seeing you flustered. i feel like you can do so as well - but i headcanon him winning everytime. how do you win this...? maybe kiss him when he least expects it. do it.

cute pet names like belladonna, my love, mon cheri, any new language he learns, he uses them. and if he almost forgets them(because he collects so much), he writes them down on a sticky note, and sticks it on his desk. when he goes back to the dorms, he sticks it on the wall or some place he could remember.

dates with dazai are either during work hours, or the after hours of yokohama. and he makes sure you’re going to have the time of your life on every single date; so he plans a new activity on every one of them.

when he doesn’t have the chance to do so, he pouts. but when it has been replaced with a job given by the president/kunikida, there you go. a date and mission in your hands.

he gets this rush of energy when he realizes that what was supposed to be a relaxing date out just got a whole lot better with the mission.

dazai gives kisses anywhere he likes. nose, lips, cheeks, jawline, the list goes on. he even knows where you prefer him to do so. i’m surprised that he still isn’t a psychic.

double suicide? he would never think of it. all his life, he wants to find a reason to live. he does get his reasons - one of them is you. your tears to him are anguish and heartbreak at its worst. cue you crying while telling him to stay by your side. 

“please...never leave my side,” you sobbed as you buried your face in his chest. “if i can stay alive in this place we call earth for as long as possible, then so can you.”

that moved him so much. a whole lot. “oh, belladonna. don’t you ever think i’m going away.”

silence.

“not without you.”

you punched him, and he couldn’t stop laughing. but he’d stop, giving you an unlimited amount of kisses.

b a b y. dazai is babie.

kunikida doppo

oh my god we have baby number 2.

in his eyes, you were the definition of perfection. he even tries to remember exactly when did he catch feelings for you. it was totally unexpected, according to him.

cue almost all of the members of ada teasing him all the time about him finally finding his ‘ideal’ partner.

but to him, it wasn’t the ideal that mattered anymore. you outmatched almost everything he wrote down. and man, was he the happiest person alive.

how does he confess...? well wonderful question. he didn’t plan it. the members did.

maybe yosano-san called you and told you about another ‘crucial case’ a few blocks away from your completed one and ‘since you were out there, you were perfect for it.’ you agreed because why not?

meanwhile, dazai probably said, ‘this case involves yet another series of men wearing glasses - you and me must go out to end this person.’

of course kunikida goes ??? ‘where are the evidences/pictures???” but dazai brushes it off saying ‘ah~ i left them somewhere.’ to which,,,well you already know. they went out and not even a minute after, the bandaged man goes missing. with the intercom, he leads him to - you guessed it - the exact same place you were in.

‘kunikida! you’re here for the non-existent case too...?”

‘non-existent? OHMYGODDAZAI-’

the line was cut off, and he goes on and on about him, until;

‘i can never be the same when i’m with someone i obliviously like-,’

he’s a huge mess when he’s around you, trust me. so him blabbering that out loud is completely normal.

butterflies in your stomach because you’re so in love with him.

‘i don’t know if this is the right time, but our friends probably did this for us. so i hope you’d be okay if i said my feelings are mutual?”

kunikida is alright with just a little pda, maybe some hand-holding and little ruffles on your hair because he secretly loves how floofy it is🥺when it comes to kissing, the furthest he would go is on your head. nothing more, nothing less.

he needs to maintain his composure *cough* but my mans right here couldn’t, you’re just too perfect.

so when you’re two alone, expect lots and lots of wholesome kisses around your face; and also loads of cuddles. this side of kunikida is what i headcanon today, folks. the ‘soft for you’ side. he lovesss it when he kisses your forehead, he finds it so cute.

p l e a s e kiss him on the cheek, kunikida would be all over the place.

if you go somewhere on a mission with someone else, he would be on his feet. he gets so worried, thinking of what might happen. don’t get me wrong, he trusts you in your job so much; he just doesn’t want you to get hurt.

so when you do return, he’s the first one at the door.

checks if you’ve eaten, if you’ve drank enough water, if you’ve gotten enough sleep. if you’ve not he’s just going to pull you to bed, holding you tight and lulling you to sleep.

during work hours, you walk over to him, wrapping your arms. 

‘y/n....we only do this after work.’

‘so you don’t want my hugs then?’

stays silent and just lets you stay there for as long as you want. he will tolerate you and you only.

kunikida loves you a lot. sometimes he might not show it, but just know that the love he has for you is drastic it tears you up. 

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(a/n): i am s o r r y this took so long! ahh i’ve had so much to do and i really do hope this was worth it!

[drangues]

I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTEMPTS TO PACIFY ME AND REASSURE ME, IM JUST HOPING I CAN FIGURE OUT A GOOD OPENING SOON. Those are always so haaarrrddd. Anyways LISTEN I TOLD YOU HED BE. PERFECT. FOR THE ROLE. And if we need to think of something for him to investigate, maybe he was looking into the disappearance of Fukuzawa? Hm... I don’t know, I think this is a fun AU. And I’m glad you agree with Byakko being Atsushi’s fluffy dragon buddy! (Nyanon, 1/6)

I can just imagine Dazai’s dragon being absolutely smitten with them, though I’m not sure if his dragon would be like him in terms of personality or not? On the one hand, a dragon he gets into prank wars with would be hilarious. On the other, shy bean why is also Very Deadly (and who Byakko has a reluctant soft spot for) is. Adorable. Either way, Dazai himself finds Atsushi’s,, unique,, way of dealing with dragons cute and maaayyybe he has a crush. (Nyanon, 2/6)

Moving on, I think I understand it now!!! College was a bad time for me,,, Therapy and meds helps, though! And I can’t say I know what’s going on in your life right now, but I think you’re doing great as well. Keep up the good work!!! And I’m! Very happy you like this AU, as well!!! The more domestic ones are some of my favorites because having my favorite characters just live out Normal Life as opposed to Highly Traumatic Stuff is therapeutic, haha. But yes!!! (Nyanon, 3/6)

Kyouka uses him as like, a sounding board, and sometimes the other patrons, if Atsushi asks them to indulge her (because you Don’t say no to the man in control of the coffee, but also no one really Minds). Dazai definitely ditches night shift (and maybe day shift, when he works it, I’d imagine he bounces between the two like a tennis ball) to come and Stare Longingly at the cute employee who seems to know his order and where his favorite books are by heart. (Nyanon, 4/6)

Chuuya and Kunikida (his main partners), Akutagawa (his trainee), and Oda, Mori, and Fukuzawa (the Only person he listens to and his bosses) are all very, very done with him and his Shenaniganry. Chuuya eventually decides “fuck it” and then starts visiting himself, just to mess with Dazai and tell Atsushi embarrassing stories. But, let me go to another AU Concept: A kinda Subnautica-style AU! (Nyanon, 5/6)

Like, not exactly the same, but the characters are all on some kinda hyper-futuristic space cruise, only for it to get shot down and end up trapped on a now abandoned planet, all at separate corners of their new world in small groups. Cue them all trying to get back together to get back home- Or at least have the comfort of living out the rest of their lives together. (Nyanon, 6/6)

OWOWOWOWO TBH IVE NEVER RLLY HAD A HARD TIME WITH INTROS IN FICS i always open it up with a dialogue and then bam and Y E S investigating the disappearance of fukuzawa sounds amazing uwu

dazais dragon would definitely either Be like him towards or be very responsible who drags dazai out of trouble, especially when dazai tries to square up to another dragon like pls bro that dragon will bite ur head off

uwuwuwu thank u i think im doing a good job aND DOMESTIC AUS FTW

chuuya is the bane of dazais existence and he prides himself of that a tenfold

AND YOUR AU SOUNDS SO CUTE OAGHEJEKSHJEJEAJAJAJKKDS ALL YOUR AUS SOUND CUTE THEYLL JUST GO EXPLORE TOGETHER OAGHJKALES IM IN L O VE E E E

[teenitinygod]

Hello, Hello, this is the person who did the last submit. Thank you for the offer but I don’t have a discord account, Idon'thaveanyfriendswhouseittowarrantmakingone.

Although, if you liked my previous submit, I thought you might be interested in hearing me out when it comes to mischaracterization since I didn’t go into detail in my previous submit since that’s a whole rant of its own. I’ll be taking inspiration from neutinya’s haikyuu mischaracterization post but give it a BSD twist. My intention isn’t to call specific people out, I’m simply going off what I’ve seen within the fandom. Which in turn leads to diluting or mischaracterizing a character until they’re nearly unrecognizable or portraying them in a bad light that they don’t deserve. There may be a few tw instances, so you’re free to edit this post as you see fit and add any necessary warnings.

So to begin with. Let’s get the big one out of the way real quick.

- Dazai -

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve seen Dazai being portrayed as nothing more than a twofaced lying bastard, I wouldn’t have to work anymore. Most of these support it by saying that he doesn’t actually trust the ADA since he didn’t tell them about his past and doesn’t inform them of every little thing. Basically, they portray him as being 100% an act who doesn’t care about anyone. And then berate him by saying that they refuse to take his mental health seriously until he’s shown to have a breakdown.

I believe anyone who has suffered from depression or any other kind of mental health issue has felt the need to act happy all the time when in public and then quiet down when they’re alone. That doesn’t make them a fake. They are under no obligation to tell every single thing going across their mind to their friend and that same logic applies to Dazai.

Moreover, we also have to take into consideration Dazai’s past. He simply can’t afford to make himself vulnerable. There’s literally a list of people out for his head. Additionally, of he were to tell everything to the ADA, he would be potentially dragging his new friends into his own mess and put them in unwarranted danger. Sure, the ADA already deals with a lot of dangerous stuff but I doubt he would purposely put them in harms way because of what he would consider his own selfishness.

Now in the terms of romance. A lot of people just mark him as the one who could never be faithful. I believe a romantic relationship with Dazai would be completely trust based. Ergo, a “love at first sight” scenario would definitely lead to it becoming nothing more than a one-time fling. To go off your last Dazai scenario, I actually do believe that if Dazai felt like he was getting too attached to someone, he might try to push them away out of utter self-loathing that he could never give them what they want. Essentially, fearing a scenario like that in No Longer Human where Yozo got together with Yoshiko and she ended up getting raped because of his involvement with her.

Atsushi isn’t just a crybaby. He’s brave simply because of the fact that he’s willing to do his best despite his fear. Moreover, his initial fear of being seen as a burden to the ADA is completely valid when you take into consideration his past treatment. A lot treat him as dull and boring character and go on about preferring his Beast counterpart. It’s fine to have a preference but I don’t think this is a reason to hate on him since the point of Beast was to elaborate on how alike Atsushi and Akutagawa are by putting them in the other’s shoes. And we see in even Beast, Atsushi is just the ultimate good boy cinnamonroll.

In romance, I keep seeing him being forced to portray the badboy roll and being just terrible to whoever is his partner within the story. Do people really think that he would so much as even consider berating his partner after all he’s been through?

- Kunikida -

He isn’t just some emotionless asshole. He cares. He’s just doesn’t show it in the most conventional way some are used to. Perhaps this is because the anime caused confusion by changing the time setting of the Azure Disciple event— But within the novel you can tell that he cares for and eventually starts to think highly of Dazai as the story progresses. He doesn’t express it since Dazai would tease him to the ends of the earth. But there were moments like in the embassy in which he mentally admired how talented he was. Or how elaborated that his way of knowing when something was wrong with Dazai was when he starts acting “normal”. As the novel put it, basically, weird is normal for Dazai while normal is weird. So when Dazai starts acting “normal” that’s his way of knowing that something is up.

In terms of romance… I swear I want to fight someone. The majority of Kunikida content I find usually involves him be pedophilic by having this thing for schoolgirls or just has whoever is his partner constant cry at him that he doesn’t love them since he doesn’t show his affection the conventional way. Then, the story goes on about how the partner keeps trying to change them. For starters. There is nothing wrong with having the thought of an ideal partner. Most of have twisted the idea of him having an ideal partner as him having this list of physical traits he wants them to have or some crap like that. Do people really think he’s that shallow? Having an ideal partner just means that you know what you want in a partner. Like how they treat you, if they’re neat and polite, etc. Moreover, we’ve seen time and time again that despite what he says, Kunikida is still willing to bend a little. Obviously he will hold his ground if you berate his ideals. But it’s possible to change his mind if you respect his ideals and offer alternatives and are willing to work with him.

- Chuuya -

Look. I don’t care what you ship. But Chuuya is way more than just that one guy who is constantly yelling about Dazai. He has every right to be portrayed as his own character without the need to involve Dazai around the line.

He may be angry when Dazai is involved but he’s the nicest grump you’ll ever see towards everyone else. In the spin-off novel, there’s a scene where he talks to Tsujimura, for example. He still kept this badass aura but spoke to her with the dignity and presence of a respectable mafia executive. Moreover, I noticed this why checking. Kyouko really did make sure he drank his respect-women dose every day since I noticed he never actually curses at female characters. With the Tsujimura scene, for example, he kept his usual rude speech but didn’t start to actually curse until Ango was brought up. With the battle against Yosano, he never pulled the “oh, you’re just a woman” crap when they appeared.

In the terms of romance. I swear I feel the need to break someone’s nico-nico-kneecaps for the outrageous amount of fics I find with Chuuya straight up raping his partner. Like, the man didn’t even want to fight against his sheep friends when they literally and figuratively stabbed in him in the back. It’s hard for me to imagine him as someone who wouldn’t treat his partner with the utmost respect in the world.

- Higuchi -

People seriously need to stop hating on her just ‘cause she’s “getting in the way of ships.” The gal clearly cares about Akutagawa and I don’t think it’s fair to hate on her just because of that. On that note, the whole idea of hating on female characters under the pretext of them getting in the way of ships seriously needs to stop. The fact that a female character cares for a guy, be it romantically or not, isn’t an excuse to antagonize them and treat them as an eyesore. She’s funny, she’s goofy, She’s just an ordinary lady who might be momentarily blinded by affection and get carried away. Which surely must happen to anyone who has experienced some kind of crush.

In the terms of romance. I haven’t read much fics with Higuchi as the main love interest. However, I have seen the AkutawagaxSomeoneElse types who just blatantly portray Higuchi as this terrible and wicked woman who is trying to ruin Akutagawa’s partner’s life. Sure, Higuchi may be heartbroken that she couldn’t be the chosen one but I doubt she would stoop as low as to ruin Akutagawa’s potential happiness. The most she would do is perhaps investigate if they’re a spy who intends to harm or use him.

- Yosano -

She’s a strong independent woman, enough said. I feel like a lot of people interpret her dislike for weak men as her either disliking physically weak men or disliking men altogether. Naturally, a strong woman would want and deserve someone who is equally as badass as them. So what I interpret her saying when she says she dislikes weak men is that she dislikes mentally weak men who bend over backwards easily and men who are so petty that they feel the need to look down on women just because of the fact that they’re a woman. The anime did her dirty by sexualizing her during her first introduction. We all know that one scene where she strips off her shirt before treating Tanizaki. Heck, I remember when I first saw that scene without knowing much about BSD I legit thought her healing ability involved her having sex with the guys. It was only until I read the manga some time later that I realized that wasn’t the case.

In the terms of romance. Again, she has every right to have someone as strong as herself. A badass would want someone who is just as badass standing as their partner. Moreover, I haven’t seen it to the degree as Higuchi’s case but I have seen the occasional hate on her under the pretext that she’s getting in the way of ships. To which I say again: We seriously need to stop antagonizing female characters who so much as exist in the same panel as a male character that’s involved in a popular fandom ship.

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Well then. Those were the most prominent ones that came to mind, so I surely left out some characters who have been mischaracterized just as badly.

Thank you for your time.

Ok quickly, our discord (dazai simps) is open to having you. We love new friends and meeting people, so an open invite is available.  i couldn’t agree with you more- i hate how Dazai is portrayed sometimes, his emotions are complex and he’s not as simple as an angsty suicidal flirt. Especially went the reader comes into the picture and it turns into a “love at first sight” thing. They may be fictional characters but i care that the characters i write for are as close to accurate as i can

I’ll go deeper into this later but i agree

Also I love when you send me these, i love reading them and you’re so sweet <3

[cyanoscarlet]

20/20 vision ☀️🎁 "He’s being saved again, comes the rueful thought. How many times does that make it, now?" The sheer *clenches fist* BACKGROUND in this line, how DARE you dani. This is the line that spawned my train of thought, I hope you're happy. Reducing me to angstful tears as I think about backstories and the potential in a hospital.

...... Aiyah...... (breaks into nervous sweats)

I’ll preface this with the fact that 20/20 vision, too, was a product of post-duty chaotic-brain-ing while on a coffee high, so thank you again! THANK YOU so much. Forever over the moon over this! <3

List of fic asks here!

He’s being saved again, comes the rueful thought. How many times does that make it, now?

20/20 vision, bungou stray dogs

(In which Chuuya is an ophthalmologist, Dazai is his optometrist, and they slowly fall in love.)

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☀️ -  Was there any symbolism/motifs you worked in? 

Apart from the obvious references to eyes, some of the other passages used in this story are, indeed, metaphors for certain aspects of Dazai and Chuuya’s relationship, as well as Chuuya’s developing feelings for Dazai— many of them I’ve only derived from rereading this fic again and again just now, you’ll note!

Just a few major ones among the many:

The business proposition - Dazai does mean it literally, but yeah, he’s also taken interest in Chuuya himself, and wants them to be in a relationship. Chuuya himself is at first tolerant, then accepting of it, which runs parallel to his growing thoughts and feelings for Dazai. The way he keeps track of how many times Dazai has said this now is indicative of that. He is still hesitant, of course— be it due to confusion or to career-related reasons, but Dazai is and will always be willing to wait for Chuuya, hence the gentle, persistent reminder every time he visits.

Also, yes, the ending part in which Chuuya calls back to this is totally him saying ‘yes’ to Dazai— tantamount to a love confession, if you will. The essence of that whole last conversation, in light of everything that has happened before it, makes the story come full circle in its own way. There is always something sweet about saying ‘I love you’ without actually saying it, and the symbolism of the business proposition works really well for this whole purpose.

The spare glasses - It reflects both Dazai’s long-term familiarity with (everything about) Chuuya at this point, and the fact that no matter what, Chuuya will always have a safe space (home) with Dazai himself, eye problems and friendship and everything in between. You have Chuuya ruminating on his pride and principles and admitting his own faults, and he can just be all of that— that is, himself, when he is with Dazai. And Dazai knows this, too: “You didn’t have to ask, you know.”

The coffee and prescriptions - In the more literal sense, it’s Dazai being his disaster himself + creating trouble (coffee), and Chuuya having to take care of him (prescriptions), albeit a bit more hilariously unwilling on his part. Subconsciously, Dazai is always wanting to keep Chuuya’s attention on him, hence the repeat offenses, but Chuuya is always willing to forgive him those anyway / shower the attention that Dazai wants. Similarly, the wine / coffee discussions represent their individual differences, and what Chuuya thinks of them. They do try their best to meet in the middle, though, coming to an understanding / compromise of sorts— you see this in the ending, too, when they go out drinking.

A note on Kunikida, and his relationship/s with Dazai and with Chuuya - Kunikida, in this story, is Dazai’s old classmate from college, and is currently Chuuya’s colleague in a different department. Although it may appear that Dazai and Kunikida seem a bit more dismissive of each other, they do have a good relationship founded on common ground (science / statistical analysis), which Chuuya does not share with Dazai (literature / writing). You are right in that this makes Chuuya and Kunikida good foils of each other, yet they, too, have a good relationship / understanding despite their differences, both as individuals (Chuuya in Ophthalmology and Kunikida in Internal Medicine) and within their respective relationships with Dazai (Chuuya being more tolerant / forgiving as the newer friend, and Kunikida being more strict / stern, as the older friend).

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On the more headcanon-y stuff (which I really don’t think I’ll be able to write at this point because my brain is already decidedly chaotic as fuck hahaaahah), a couple of lines I’ve picked up that can be expanded on are:

1. Chuuya and 20/20 vision - As you may have probably sensed from his character (and it totally fits him in canon), he never really wanted to be a doctor. He even had a rebellious streak in college for it. He still ends up in med school, though, but he doesn’t have a direct goal / direction in life at this point. This is represented by his worsening visual acuity, which, yes, was directly caused by constantly burning the midnight oil while studying. He’s stuck in a field he doesn’t want, yet tries his best, way too much, that he just gets lost. It is at this low point in his life that he meets Dazai, and his life changes. He gets glasses, tries to make sense of his life (regain 20/20 vision), and where to go from there. And Dazai, god bless him, is always there, always has his back for the whole ride: He’s being saved again, comes the rueful thought. How many times does that make it, now? They fall in love along the way, and it takes very long for them to reach the endgame, but they do, and it is beautiful. Chuuya’s 20/20 vision is his contentment with his life now, and a forever with Dazai. It’s the best view he could ever wish for, and he is very happy with it.

2. Chuuya, Mori-sensei and Promises - A very different version of Chuuya learning from (and in turn, being influenced by) Mori from Fifteen (Pre-canon) Arc. I don’t have a solid one for this tbh, but let’s just say an encounter with Mori greatly changes Chuuya’s outlook and makes him choose Ophthalmology as his specialty, the way he comes to swear loyalty to Mori and the Port Mafia in canon. No real solid connection with Dazai, in this case, but feel free to make of it what you will! I’m not quite imaginative enough for this hahaha.

... Okay, that was long. (sweatdrops)

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🎁 -  Any writing advice for people who want to write something like this? 

First of all, do not drink brewed coffee at lunch time and end up with nearing 48 hours of palpitations later. Also, do not be like Dazai and drink 18 cups of coffee in one sitting, holy crap. I don’t think even Kunikida can save you from that if you do end up going over that literal and proverbial edge.

All that crap aside (which I do mean in earnest!), this idea totally came from a simple desire headcanon of Chuuya in prescription glasses. This, in turn, was influenced by downtime chats with my triage partner for that day, my classmate from med school now doing Ophthalmology residency. There were also other small things that happened to me IRL, like the way the lenses of my false glasses quickly yellowed within days of purchase, and the unexpected offer of free brewed coffee. Bottom line, take cues from real life; it’s a fun goldmine of tales tall and short, and you’ll have fun telling those because they are first and foremost yours. 

Similar to this, take note of the small things around you— pay attention to the way the leaves are swept by the wind, the way she crosses the street, the taste of the coffee you drink. Then describe those in your head— what I find works best for me is both immersing myself in the scenario and staying outside of it, like controlling a video game character / avatar, in a way. That way, I can develop my sentences in a vivid manner yet stay objective. (This is a bit harder to explain, actually.)

Most of all, write what works best for you, no matter what style you use. One quote I remember from English writing class (yet another gen-ed pre-req subject boohoo) states: “Write in white heat; revise in cold blood.” When you are struck by the idea, write it down. Let the ideas take over your fingers and let yourself get carried away. I admit that I really didn’t think through the plot of this very fic myself; I just let myself go until I was done a few hours later. This heat-of-the-moment writing high rarely happens to me (I wish it happened more often!), but I find that what I do come up with when I don’t think things through ends up a final product I quite like, other people’s feedback aside. The editing later is another story; don’t be afraid to critique your own work and adjust accordingly, if you feel that it will make the story better. (This part I have a decidedly much harder time with, but it’s still good advice, so I’m putting that down here, as well.)

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Okay, that got reeeeeaaaaallyyyyyy long, now. Aegis really be pushing me to my limits every time we talk, and it’s making me grow and learn more about writing and about myself. I’m really, really grateful for this ask. I hope you all enjoyed reading this, too!

List of fic asks here!

[laceymorganwrites]

Gravity boy

Word Count: 3.020

Pairing: Chuuya x reader

Warnings: swearing

A/N: this was very much fun to write! I hope you like reading it as much as I liked writing it

“How do we know you´re not a spy?” you asked the newest recruit of the agency, crossing your arms. He just smiled sadly. “Because I promised a good friend of mine to be a better person”.

His words and the sincerity that came with them left you speechless.

Dazai was a strange person to say at least, you thought.

It was your job to research every potential new member of the agency and the things you found out about Dazai scared you. He was one of the strongest executives and part of the strongest team in the Mafia, all the things he has done… and now he asked to be part of the agency?

It didn´t make any sense. At least not to you.

But for whatever reason the director gave him a chance anyway.

Time passed and Dazai proved himself a valuable member of the agency, thanks to him you solved many mysteries and finished missions in almost no time whatsoever.

Your first suspicions went away and it was as if Dazai has always been a part of the agency.

Nevertheless he couldn´t run from his past any longer.

You had your hands full of research on your current enemy, your eyes scanned the screen of your computer as you desperately tried to find out anything useful. Ranpo sat next to you to figure out a plan of attack, you were in a heated conversation about whether you could risk a raid or should attack from afar.

Ranpo was in favor of the raid, he argued it would be done quicker and nothing could go wrong.

You on the other hand were in favor of the attack from afar, you were a sniper and you could control the situation better this way. With the overview this granted everything would go smoothly.

“You wanna bet? We could split up, whoever finishes the mission first wins” you suggested, still not paying any attention to your surroundings.

“Bet on what?” Ranpo asked, but you could already tell he would accept.

“If you win, I´ll buy you your favorite snacks. And if I win…” you had to think a while.

“If I win you have to do my paperwork for a week!” Ranpo whined a bit, but in the end he gave in.

“We found their hideout, guys!” you announced happily.

Ranpo and you were just about to decide your teams when a deafening rumble occurred.

Your eyes wandered to the direction of the strange sound and you watched as the entrance door fell down with a loud crash.

Jumping slightly at the loudness, you got up from your seat and walked over to where Dazai and the rest were standing, Ranpo following close after.

“Chuuya-kun… I see you still haven´t grown an inch” Dazai spoke up with a weird undertone.

So the person who kicked down the door so rudely was his former partner in the mafia.

When he finally showed himself and entered the room, you couldn´t help but feel like time stood still.

You couldn´t help but notice the fire in his steel blue eyes that seemed to pierce through everything. And the way his hair seemed to dance around his shoulders, you imagined its softness. Lastly there was something about his facial expression that made the heat rise in your cheeks.

If somebody told you beforehand there would be handsome men like him in the mafia, you      would´ve considered changing jobs.

“Shut up, Dazai! I´m a grown man” he snapped at him and pouted a bit.

“Cute…” you whispered, earning a raised eyebrow from Ranpo and a shaking head from Yosano.

You blushed at the realization that you just said that out loud.

“What the fuck are you doing here?” Dazai asked, you never saw him this annoyed, it made you chuckle ever so slightly.

“I come in peace, you idiot. Don´t make me change my mind” Chuuya growled.

You used the moment of disbelief and silence on Dazai´s side to speak up.

“Um… Sorry to interrupt, but was it really necessary to kick our door down? It doesn´t really give a peaceful impression” you asked, pointing at the broken door.

Chuuya gave you a look of confusion before replying: “Erm… I guess not” he mentioned flatly, glaring at you two seconds longer before turning to Dazai again.

Why did no one tell him the Agency hired such beauties? It took a while for Chuuya to finally take his eyes off you, normally he never lost his cool but there was just something about you that made him forget all his words. How could a single glance at you have such an effect on him? The suicidal´s face held an amused expression.

“Cat got your tongue, Chuuya-kun?” Dazai chuckled. “Shut up, Dazai!” the ginger yelled at him.

Why did the suicidal maniac always have to embarrass him like that?

“Do you mind telling us why you´re here? I have a bet to win” Ranpo chimed in, making you scoff. As if you´d let him win…

“Oh, right. The boss told me to help with your current mission. As a sign of good will for the new alliance” he spat the words as if they were poison after he finally found his voice again. He practically had to rip his eyes off you forcefully and it hurt him as much as that sounded.

You exchanged suspicious looks with your colleagues.

An alliance between the agency and mafia? As if that would ever work… but then again, the director went out to have a talk with the mafia´s boss today.

“Ranpo-kun, you can pick first” you told him, it was nice to know the director succeeded in pursuing the mafia boss to accept the alliance.

“Yosano” he smiled and you took your turns until your teams were chosen.

Team Ranpo consisted of him, Yosano and Dazai. You got Kunikida and Chuuya who was still a bit confused by the situation.

“Ranpo and me have a bet. Whoever finishes the mission first wins. He and his team are gonna raid the base and we are gonna attack from above” you filled him in.

“Understood” he nodded, still hanging at your lips as if there was no tomorrow.

Chuuya didn´t have his actions and thoughts under control and it annoyed him to no end, this never happened to him before.

“Alright! I´m getting my gun and then we´re good to go!” you chirped as you hurried over to your desk, grabbing the needed equipment.

Ranpo´s team were already on the move and you followed close after, positioning yourself on the roof of the opposite building of the enemy´s hideout.

“Kunikida, stand watch outside and take care of the escapees, Chuuya, secure the entrances and make sure nobody can get out the back” you ordered.

While the two did their jobs you put together your gun and laid flat on the roof, taking your aim.

Now you just had to wait for the right opportunity.

The target, the boss of the enemy´s organization, entered the building and you were almost ready to shoot when Ranpo´s team barged in. The people tried to flee from the backdoor but Kunikida and Chuuya did a good job defeating them, giving you time to take out the boss.

Two minutes after Ranpo´s team entered your team finished the mission and won the bet.

You grinned widely, escaping the roof of the building and joining your team.

“Good job, everyone!” you announced and walked over to Chuuya.

“You still have to fix our door, gravity boy” you teased him, making him blush slightly.

“Don´t call me that!” he groaned, resulting in your giggling.

“But it´s your power, isn´t it?” you continued.

“Yeah, but… I don´t call you sniper person!” he argued.

You laughed out loud. “You wouldn´t be wrong” you smiled at him.

“Chuuya-kun, stay away from our lovely (Y/N), would ya?” Dazai came up to you.

“We were just having some fun, Dazai” you defended him.

“He´s not the kind of guy to have fun with. I don´t want you hanging around him, (Y/N). He´s only going to break your heart” he let you know.

The cold look he gave Chuuya made you uncomfortable, you just teased him a bit, it didn´t even mean anything. You wondered why those two hated each other so much.

“I´ll let the boss know the mission succeeded” Chuuya told you.

“It was nice working with you, (Y/N)” he cracked a smile you could only return.

“Likewise, gravity boy” you giggled.

“Stop calling me that already!” Chuuya whined, making you laugh.

Hearing the sound of your laugh made his heart jump in his chest, he felt dizzy for a reason and couldn´t help but smile at you.

Then he saw the way Dazai looked at him and left for his headquarters.

“I hope you never have to see this man again, (Y/N)” Dazai told you when you got back to the agency.

You rolled your eyes, you knew for a fact Dazai didn´t like you that way, so why was he behaving like a jealous bitch?

“Could you stop it already, Dazai? What´s so bad about him? You´re acting as if it´s the end of the world when nothing happened” you groaned, just wishing he´d stop being so over dramatic.

Dazai chuckled in a dangerously low way, he did this sometimes to intimidate enemies.

You gulped, having a bad feeling about this.

“What´s so bad about him? I can tell you all about it, (Y/N). But all you have to know right now is that he´s a dangerous man who doesn´t have himself under control and when he wants something he uses every means necessary to obtain it. He is very violent, very angry… I just want you to know this now. I don´t want you finding out when it´s already too late.” he warned you.

You couldn´t help but burst out in laughter at Dazai´s try to scare you.

“All that you just said, isn´t that kind of what the mafia is all about? I bet you were just the same when you worked with them. And besides… weren´t you two partners? And very effective as a team? Isn´t it obvious to have that kind of attitude to achieve those things. That doesn´t mean he is like that in private. But all that doesn´t matter because like I said: it doesn´t mean anything” you crossed your arms.

In the same instance the director walked in, nodding at the two of you as a greeting.

“Gather around everyone, I have a few announcements to make” he said and promptly the whole staff of the agency gathered.

“First of all I want to congratulate you on completing the mission so splendidly. This is the perfect example for the ability of this alliance to work. Because of this we were invited to a party at the mafia´s headquarters tonight. Please make sure to behave.” he dismissed you.

As soon as you heard that there was going to be a party you asked yourself who the hell thought that would be a good idea.

Seriously, the mafia and the agency, in one room?

Were they out of their fucking minds? It´s like they wanted people to go at each other´s throats.

Normally you wouldn´t go to such events, you thought it a waste of time. Despite, you were just the office staff, were you even allowed to attend such an event?

Well, that was until a certain handsome ginger factor rapidly changed the equation.

You were so going.

Saying you panicked trying to figure out what to wear and how to approach Chuuya would be the understatement of the century.

You almost lost your mind and in the end you decided not to go, but luckily Yosano dragged you to the headquarters herself.

Now there was no going back.

Entering the big room the party was already going quite well, nobody seemed to notice you.

You should be sad, Yosano left you alone to hang out with Ranpo and the others, nobody even seemed to see you yet alone know it was kind of you who made the mission a success.

It was like you didn´t even existed.

Any other person would be sad, but not you.

You never felt comfortable boasting about your success or having everyone´s eyes on you. That´s the reason you signed up for the office job when you could have very well been more than capable of being a field agent.

You used this situation of being invisible to think about how you could leave this party.

“(Y/N)?” Chuuya approached you, the last thing you thought would happen.

This did mess with your plan, but also with your brain, how did you speak again? “Oh, um… hello Chuuya.” well, that certainly wasn´t how you did it.

Somehow you always managed to make a fool of yourself when you were around pretty boys.

“I didn´t think you´d come...” he mumbled, not meeting your eyes and fidgeting his with his hands in his pockets.

“And miss a chance of seeing you, gravity boy?” you giggled, where you got the sudden confidence? You couldn´t tell, must´ve been the energy radiating of Chuuya. “Not a chance” you stretched your words and gazed into his eyes a bit, smiling at him.

And before he knew it Chuuya returned your look, getting caught in your beautiful eyes that seemed to long for something. He bet he had the same look right now, only that he was longing for them.

“Well, that´s nice… but I don´t think Dazai would approve” he sounded sad and it infuriated you.

“Dazai has no say in with who I spend my time with” you told him.

Chuuya nodded and then gave you a warm smile.

“You know I hate parties like these, you´re just forced to talk to people you don´t like. And honestly the only person I want to be around right now is you” he sighed.

And you could use someone to pinch you right now to prove this was in fact happening and not just a stupid dream.

“Do you want to go out with me?” Chuuya asked you boldly and you asked yourself again if you weren´t dreaming.

“Me? You want to go out with me? Are you joking?” you tried to formulate your confusion but  didn´t even recognize you were talking.

“Well yeah, I wouldn´t be asking otherwise. But I understand if you don´t want to, I won´t bother you again” he sounded glum all of a sudden and you finally realized that this wasn´t a dream but really happening. You could wonder why later, now you needed to make the best out of the situation.

“Chuuya wait! Of course I want to go out with you, I just wasn´t sure if you were serious. I mean I´m just an office worker and you´re the top executive…” you mumbled, you knew someone like you would normally never be approached by someone like Chuuya but for whatever reason it happened.

Chuuya chuckled. “Don´t let our jobs and ranks interfere with this… I want to go out with you because you´re beautiful and I want to get to know you better, that´s all there is to it” he explained.

His words somehow touched your heart and you had to smile.

“Well, let´s leave this party then” you suggested bravely.

“Gladly” Chuuya said relieved, putting his arm around your waist gently.

You felt yourself get dizzy at the sudden contact.

The two of you walked for a while until you arrived in a park where you sat down on a bench.

During the way you talked a lot and the atmosphere was magical, Chuuya was incredibly funny and such a gentleman.

“You know, I don´t get what Dazai has against you… all these things he said about you just aren´t true. Honestly, he talks about you as if you are some kind of monster” you laughed, trying to lighten up the mood, but oh how you failed.

Chuuya´s body stiffened. “He´s not wrong, (Y/N). I am a monster and I´m reminded of that every day. There are thigns about me you don´t know, the things I do when I lose control of my ability… it scares me” he whispered.

You frowned, gently taking his hand into yours.

“I refuse to believe Dazai´s words are true. He´s just trying to prove his nonexistent superiority over you. Besides… aren´t monsters ugly and hideous? And if I can tell you one thing I know for sure you´re not it´s ugly and hideous. Like honestly, if you were truly to be a monster as you claim to be, I´d be having a problem. Because that would mean I´m attracted to a monster. And I just refuse to believe that monsters are as handsome as you! But what´s more important is that you´re very kind, monsters are not. Monsters don´t give a shit about you, they just kill you. And you´re funny too. Now I´ve never seen a monster that´s funny, well, maybe in really bad movies, but this isn´t just a bad movie, this is reality, you know? And…” you were lost in your thoughts, rambling on and on about all the reasons Chuuya couldn´t be a monster and Dazai was an idiot for saying so. Chuuya looked at you all the way through and for once in his life felt like an actual human being.

He smiled to himself, thinking about how this wasn´t a dream, but he just had to make sure his mind didn´t play tricks on him.

So he leaned closer to you, interrupting your speech by grabbing your face gently and softly pressing his lips onto yours, muffling a surprised gasp of yours with a kiss.

And for goodness sake you would be damned if monsters kissed like that, made your knees melt like that. You pressed your body closer to his and wrapped your arms around his neck, deepening the kiss.

You never wanted it to end, fuck oxygen, if this was how you would die, then so be it, it´d be with a smile on your lips.

[leonawriter]

Stray Dogs and Tiger Cubs (pt.17)

Also on AO3

Fandom: Bungo Stray Dogs

Characters: Dazai, Atsushi, Yosano, Kunikida, Chuuya, Akutagawa.

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"O-o-ow-!"

"Oh, grow up, Dazai. Maybe if you hadn't gotten yourself into that situation in the first place, you wouldn't be in this one now. Atsushi's a better patient than you are!"

"Atsushi-chan can heal because of the tig-ow! - so that doesn't count. And you know I hate pain."

Atsushi himself, completely unharmed despite everything that had happened just earlier, looked over at Yosano with wide eyes.

"Is... is Da-san going to be okay?"

Dazai put on his most morose expression.

"I'm going to die," he said, putting his free arm not currently being manhandled by Yosano, over his eyes. "A long, slow, and painful death. It's awful."

"Don't be ridiculous, Dazai. Atsushi-chan, stop making that face, he's not dying, even if he wishes he was."

He lifted his arm away to find that yes, Atsushi was doing a very good job of making him feel guilty as hell by looking that concerned. 

"I'm just joking, Atsushi-chan~"

"You did get pretty beat up, though. Otherwise I wouldn't still be picking out bits of what can only be described as debris out of your hands. What were you doing, fighting a wall or something?"

"Or something," he said in a tone that was meant to be far more carefree than it came out, what with Yosano dabbing at yet another sore patch and making him wince.

"Da-san did say that Aku-san had been mean to him too," Atsushi said, making Dazai have to fight not to laugh.

Aku-san? So, Akutagawa has become Mr. Bad Guy now? Well... it isn't as though he hasn't earned it.

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"I see you brought the girl back with you," Kunikida says stiffly.

It wasn't as though he wasn't concerned by everything that was going on; just the sight of Dazai's face had been enough to shock him speechless for a good moment when the small group had returned to the Agency. Dazai was the one out of all of them that was the hardest to kill, to the point where most of them had stopped being concerned at his disappearances a long time ago, expecting that he'd turn up sooner or later, or someone would eventually drag him back to them like a lost dog.

Seeing evidence of the fact that he wasn't somehow invulnerable and that those damn bandages of his probably hid worse, was more than a little unsettling, and he was still attempting to find his balance from the reminder.

"Of course," Dazai said, sounding nowhere near as concerned by any of this than he had any right to be. "She asked so politely not to have to go back to the mafia, so she's staying here for the time being, watching over Atsushi-chan."

He noticed the shift in honorific, and wondered if that meant anything, but made a mental note to ask Dazai about that later, since there were far more pressing problems right now.

"Yes, but - this is the mafia. Not some small gang that Kenji can encourage to just let the matter drop! And aside from that, she's a wanted murderer. The police are going to be after her!"

For a moment, Dazai doesn't respond, just staring over in the direction of where Atsushi is talking to Kenji, who then puts his hat on the small boy's head, which completely covers his eyes until his pushes it up so that he can see, a clear smile on his face as he looks over in their direction. In Dazai's direction.

Dazai smiles, and for the first time, Kunikida finds himself wondering if perhaps Dazai looking after Atsushi might not be the worst thing in the world, for either of them.

"I know that," his partner says at last, voice soft and low and reminding him of when they'd first met, with all of his secrets and no reason to be trusted yet. Reminding him that a lot of the things that he had distrusted Dazai for back then still haven't been answered, even if he's been able to trust the other man with his life for going on two years now. "We don't need to worry about the mafia for the moment, though," Dazai continues brightly, and the sense of something being swept under the rug and hidden away again makes Kunikida grind his teeth. "And I already have an idea for what we can do with her, too."

"Don't need to- do I even want to know what you mean by that?" He pinches the bridge of his nose. "And that'd better be a good idea, because for the life of me, I can't think of anything."

It wasn't for lack of trying, either, but-

"The mafia are busy right now, because someone made a very bad mistake in thinking that they could make them into fools," Dazai point out, and Kunikida shuddered. "Ah, well, because of all of that, and me being Atsushi-chan's guardian, it means that we'll be having to talk with them on even terms to figure out what happens next, which definitely won't be any fun. With any luck they'll just let it drop and go after the one who set up the bounty, but..." Dazai sighed, and trailed off.

"But?"

"Kyouka-chan's the more complicated situation." And there was the serious expression, back again. "And my idea can only work if it's what she truly wants."

"And that is?"

Dazai just smiled enigmatically, damn him, and didn't answer.

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"Akutagawa. Oi, Akutagawa, listen to me." Chuuya sighed. He'd had to listen to silence interspersed with coughing all the way back to headquarters, and then he'd had to force the damn coat of the overgrown bratty teenager just to get him to be treated. Mori had left him in his care for the time being, to boot. "Look, do you even have any idea why everyone's mad at you."

"...I went against orders."

It was the same stiff and unyielding tone Akutagawa had used against Mori earlier, and it didn't give him any feeling of hope that anything had actually sunk in.

"You do that all the time," he says, waving that idea out the window. "Hell, I went against orders by letting a traitor loose, but in the end, it was the right decision. So what's the difference? And that was a question. I'm expecting an answer."

"Chuuya-san is an executive," came the response, in the same tone as before, making Chuuya put his hand to his head. If he hadn't been getting a headache before, he definitely was now.

"Well, yeah, that helps, but mostly it was because I got good information out of it. Boss likes it best when he's got all the information, not just bits and pieces of it."

Which was similar to Dazai, come to think of it, though he wasn't sure if that was something the Boss had taught Dazai, or if it'd just naturally always been something the mackerel'd had in his head.

"I..." for a moment, he almost thought he'd imagined that, it was so quiet, even and especially with the fit of coughing. "I just... wanted to be stronger. Strong enough... he..."

Chuuya sighed. Leaned back on his chair, and stared at the ceiling, wondering just how many times his (ex) partner had told him how much he hated people who only threw around their strength without using their heads.

"You don't... really get Dazai, do you Akutagawa," he said, glancing back down.

Akutagawa blinked, and it took Chuuya a moment to realise that the expression he was now wearing was one of confusion.

"Get... Dazai-san? That's... it's pointless to even try. Anyone who attempts to understand him falls into a cognitive prison, a dead end with no way out."

"So that's what you think, huh." Dazai really did a number on this kid, whatever it was he did. I dunno if the worst thing is that Dazai doesn't even seem to realise what it is he's done. It's a damn good job he looks like he's treating that weretiger kid better, or... eh, I dunno. "That's your first mistake, then."

He expected some sort of response, a rebuttal, maybe, but all he got was Akutagawa's head turning away in an immature way of saying he didn't want to talk about it, or that's what it seemed like.

The most baffling thing was, Chuuya had worked with Akutagawa before this, and he'd never been this bad. The fact that he knew exactly what was causing it all only made it more frustrating.

"You start thinking of Dazai as some great mystery you're never gonna be able to solve, and it's a self-fulfilling prophecy you've got there. Sure, trying to get inside his head's like trying to stick your hand in a bag full of cats, and trying to figure out his plans is sometimes like trying to get 'em all in a line, but... motivation in general? Like, why he'd be pissed off right now? That's not too hard. He's as human as anyone, you and me included."

He was aware there was a certain amount of irony about that particular phrase and including himself in it, but... it fitted. All too well. But he wasn't about to explain personal things like that, not to Akutagawa, and not here and now.

"After all," added, carefully watching Akutagawa's reaction, "from what I heard, that kid's ability's less like how your Rashomon practically has a mind of its own, or that girl's Demon Snow, or ane-san's Golden Demon, either. Even just from what I saw, it's more like..." Like a softer, fluffier, version of Corruption that's less lethal to the user, came the unwelcome but unfortunately accurate thought. Right down to the fact that they both seemed to need Dazai to stop them once they'd started. "It's still the kid, it's just the shape that's changed."

He stands, hands in pockets and hat shading his eyes as he turns to leave the briefing room he'd appropriated for their 'discussion' a while back.

"But-" the one word paused him at the doorway, full of so much desperate emotion it'd be impossible to pick it all apart. "Dazai-san... Dazai-san never... never once treated me like that! What - what has one kid got, that I- I couldn't-!"

"Yeah? Welcome to the club, then. Personally, I'd say it's because he's an ass who finds it easier to piss people off than stay to deal with the fallout, but... that's just me."

In the end, it sucked, but that was the way things were. Besides, he didn't have time to play therapist when it felt like there were a million other things he needed to be doing right now along with making sure Dazai's mistakes didn't blow up in everyone's faces.

[aiupenn]

Easier than Breathing

Osamu’s and Ranpo’s relationship comes to them easier than breathing...[Daran one-shot, first kiss] [read it on ao3]

“Osamu…”

Osamu’s heart nearly flutters out of his chest (a rather uncomfortable feeling) as he hears his name escape so breathlessly and easily from between his sleeping partner’s mouth. It’s so soft and gentle that he doubts himself for several moments, thinking he’d imagined it. He glances to Ranpo’s face, completely slack in his exhausted state, and feels his heart flutter again. How terribly inconvenient.

He was sure by now that he hadn't imagined it, because he hears his name again, said just as reverently as before. An uncharacteristic heat reaches his cheeks as he lets slip a small, affectionate smile. Why would he appear in Ranpo’s dreams? He can’t help his imagination running a bit hopefully wild. After a second of hesitation, he reaches very carefully over to sweep the bangs from Ranpo’s face with as much tenderness as he can muster. He’d been sleeping for just a little over ten minutes during their commute. When he first fell over on his shoulder, Osamu had woken him up, but the second time he didn’t have the heart.

Plus, he looked so sweet like this.

Not too long after he thinks this, though, their stop comes, so he lightly shakes Ranpo awake. Grabbing his hand gently, he led his groggy partner carefully from the train.

He gets a rather mischievous idea in the meantime.

They start their short walk back to the agency. Osamu checks over his shoulder every so often as Ranpo wakes up, yawning and stretching and looking just as whiny as ever without even speaking. He slows to a stop and, as expected, Ranpo runs his head straight into his back and stays there. The man lets out a small whine and even when he can’t see him, Osamu knows he’s glaring.

Nevertheless, his idea is going as planned so far, so he once more takes Ranpo’s hand and leads him into the alley behind the agency building. Ranpo is obviously befuddled and annoyance radiates off of him, but Osamu ignores it. If his hunch is correct (and 99 times out of a 100 they are), he won’t be annoyed for very long.

As soon as they can’t see the street anymore, Osamu pounces. He pushes Ranpo against the wall, which gets him the delightful response of those gorgeous eyes opening wide to stare at him.

Osamu locks his eyes with the emerald irises and gives him a gentle, questioning stare. He notices with slight satisfaction that his partner sucks in an excited breath. Slowly, Osamu brings his left hand up to cradle Ranpo’s check, which the man nuzzles into, letting his eyes drift closed once more.

Ah~ So his suspicion seems to be correct.

He can’t help, for once, how fast his heart is racing and how excited he feels. It’s cheesy to think, but it is a dream come true. Who doesn’t want someone they’ve harbored a crush on for years to reciprocate their feelings? And, well, Osamu has so rarely been in love that this is a very special occasion indeed.

With slightly shaking fingers, Osamu cups Ranpo’s other cheek with his hand and goes in for a nice, slow kiss. In no time at all, Ranpo reciprocates, pushing against Osamu’s mouth for a deeper, more forceful one. How long had he been waiting for this? As long as Osamu had? He wanted to know desperately, but he’d have to wait to ask a different time. In the meantime, he pushed back, letting his tongue brush against Ranpo’s lips (which, to the surprise of no-one, tasted rather a lot like sugar), asking permission to enter. His partner responded without missing a beat, welcoming his tongue in even more eagerly than he'd expected. He's taken aback by just how forward his partner being, and it's making him rather light-headed. Osamu is fighting to let years worth of emotions through to Ranpo and Ranpo seems to be trying to do the same.

Unfortunately, though, they eventually start seeing spots and have to pull away for air. Osamu gulps it down greedily, but his eyes never leave Ranpo’s, who’s eyelashes flutter open after a beat to return the gaze. His eyes have this haze about them, a little bit love-struck. It makes Osamu’s heart skip a beat for about the thousandth time that day. This time, he’s the one taken by surprise as his partner's arms wrap around and pull him close, the two of them now leaning against the wall. The detective snuggles his face into Osamu’s chest and takes a deep, deep breath, obviously savoring the moment. It takes him a moment of uncertainty (and attempting to control his pulse), but Osamu returns the hug, burying his face in Ranpo’s hair. A weight lifts off his shoulders.

It feels like they had only been like this for a few moments before Osamu picks up on a rather familiar demanding and annoyed voice wondering “where the fuck Dazai” was in the distance. While it would have suited him much better to stay like this for the rest of eternity, he breaks himself away from Ranpo and gets an annoyed whine in return. To alleviate his partner’s pain, he grabs his hand and squeezes it. Ranpo gives a satisfied huff as they hurry up to the office.

“Hmmm… What case is this?” Osamu asks nonchalantly, coming up behind his boyfriend to look over his shoulder at his desk and paperwork. It’d been two days since their first kiss and they were now in the office, having just wrapped up a case.

Quite naturally, his hands land softly at Ranpo’s waist as he settles his chin on his head. Ranpo, to Osamu’s disappointment, doesn’t react to the touches.

“I ordered cookies from Germany and they haven’t come in yet.”

“Ah,” he responds, “That’s a coincidence. My cyanide pills haven’t come through either.”

Ranpo frowns a bit at this, but then pulls gently at a wrist at his waist, causing Osamu to fall forward and wrap his boyfriend in an embrace. “It’s fine. You’ve got a better medicine here, anyways.” He sounds a little like a petulant child, like he can't believe Osamu would suggest choosing cyanide over him. Not that Osamu ever truly would.

Osamu hums in agreement almost instantly, a genuine smile appearing yet again on his face. He’s had a lot of those the last couple days.

Ranpo kisses his wrist, his lips lingering a second longer than necessary (although Osamu greatly appreciates it), then stands to go about some other "important" business. Osamu watches him go with gentle eyes.

He turns around to see Kunikida and Atsushi are staring at him with a dumbfounded look in their eyes. Kunikida recovers first.

“Do you have to flirt in the office? It’s entirely unprofessional.” He shakes his head and turns away to go about his own work.

Atsushi just keeps staring.

[chris-phd]

//slides into your ask box Ya got any kunikidazai headcanons??

Awwww!!!! Of courseee!!!! I am always up for kunikidazaihcs! >///3///

-Kunikida and Dazai actually met the first time in the DarkEra, randomly in a bar. They both say they don’t remember such a thing but inreality, only Dazai seemed to stay more calm than his usual self when beingasked this question.

-When they take a bath together, Kunikida is the one thatprepares the bathtub and the water to be at an ideal temperature for Dazai’sskin and to not hurt his wounds.

-He puts colorful bath salt because he knows his childishpartner is a fool for pretty colors (as is he, anyway. Who doesn’t like tobathe in a rainbow of colors?)

-Whenever they have a free day, both of them spend it atKunikida’s apartment, because it’s the cleanest and it’s so spacious comparedto Dazai’s little rented one, where he only crashes there to drink until hisliver cries and feels too sick to get up to even find any new technique tocommit suicide~

- They usually sleep until noon on these days.

- None of them want to waste a free day by cooking so theysettle on ordering or going on a walk and buying some stuff they can eat whenthey get home.

-Dazai buys sake or beer on these days. It’s his specialtreat to enjoy while watching some random tv series .

-Kunikida doesn’t usually drink. ( he had bad experienceswith Yosano’s drinking games, and because of his competitive nature, he doesn’tlike to lose, but unfortunately he ends up smashed faster than her) But whenit’s just him and Dazai, he can feel good no matter what stupid games the otherwants to do. ‘Never have I never ever‘, Dazai comes up with it because in theend they will both end up laughing with their glasses forgotten to be refilledwhile their tongues taste the same .

-Dazai and Kunikida both love to surprise each other withpresents on random days. Well…more like Kunikida is one for the days that aremarked on the calendar as special for giving gifts but Dazai is more the onethat sees something and thinks ‘This is sooo Kunikida-kunnnn~ I will buy it ‘and he returns home with pencils, cactuses or loofah sponges.

-Kunikida once had a collection of colorful loofahs becausehis partner decided that he needs more color in his bathroom and they look likehedgehogs.

-Both of them are fools for bath bombs ! Especially the onesthat are making the color of the galaxies ~ “Look Kunikida-kun, we are bathinginto the void.”

-After their baths, Kunikida’s hair looks like a real lionmane. So Dazai likes to call him at home ‘Lion-kunnnnn~‘ or Lev which means thesame but in Russian ( thank you hq!! ) XD

-To be honest, Dazai is really lazy in the bathtub, he isnot really into helping Kunikida wash his hair cause it’s so hard to handle andhe feels like it strangles his fingers when he tries to massage the shampoo onit. But he helps him with his back! After rubbing his skin properly with theloofah, he presses kisses on it. “OI! Stop that! You are eating soap!” Kunikidagroans, turning to face his foamy face that makes him look like he had a littlewhite beard. “Heh, Kunikida-kun~ Weren’t you the one that told me I should washmy mouth with soap?” he joked. “Not like this! Bakazai!”

-Who ever sees Kunikida and Dazai on the streets would neverimagine that these two young adults are still playing like kids, making soapbubbles and Santa Claud beards from shampoo foam. (they were both deprived froma happy childhood, pushed to grew up faster than other kids)

-Kunikida is a big fan of Kings of Leon and he enjoysclassic rock and alternative rock and Dazai was pleased to see that. He didtake Kunikida for a calmer person that won’t agree to hear the guitar solosplaying so early in the morning on their road to work.

-Dazai has his dark secrets, like he cared and still caresabout his old bands, he liked MCR, P!atd, HIM, The Rasmus, FOB ( bands thatAkutagawa started to listen after his senpai XD) ~ He even has some t-shirtswith his bands, which he wears during sleep.

-Kunikida never made fun of his taste in music, he evenenjoys some of those songs.

-Dazai’s obsession is to buy lots of sexy and nice outfits.For his pleasure but also to surprise Kunikida, his favorite outfit he pullsout when he slacks off, and he knows Kunikida will come with rage, is thefrench maid costume, he knows his boyfriend’s mood will turn 180 degrees whenhe sees him like that. 

Meow~ (okay, this was more of a free day of Kunikida andDazai X3 hope you like it ~ )

[shadyteacup]

If you’re still doing requestsssssss how about a hcs of Dazai x fem! Reader who is like Midari from Kakegurui 😌

Ooh thats a nice one! Yes love, I'm still doing requestss

And I'm so sorry, this is so late... also it's very long n I'm not exaggerating. It's not even funny I'm so sorry

I'm Crazy, But I'm Free

Dazai x Fem!reader who is like Midari

• You and Dazai probably met during his days at the port mafia.

• I can imagine the mafia capturing you because of how much trouble you were causing in a casino.

• UK, when big businesses pay gangsters for security?? Yeah, similarly the casino you were playing at, has paid the mafia.

• You were already banned from many other casinos, as your games either end with you gaining a lot of money, or begin with a dangerous condition.

• Many people were quite afraid of you, and wanted to avoid even being in the same room as you, as they couldn't handle the severity of the danger you pose with every game.

• Anyways, so you were warned by a few members of the mafia twice, but you, being the fearless adventurer you are, flipped them off and continued to seek a life threatening game.

• So then the mafia decided to use violence, and cornered you in a dark alley. You pulled out your beloved gun.

"Well, well, well! Do you boys want a fight!?", you excitedly point the gun at them.

"Put your weapon down, Ms. L/N. We are here to warn you for the final time. Stay away from this casino. Further misbehavior will lead to dangerous consequences."

You hum, thinking up a plan.

"How about this. My revolver has 5 bullets. And there are five of us. How about we all take turns to shoot blindfolded!"

You excitedly shove them in a circular arrangement.

"I'll go first! The rules are that every person gets a chance to shoot from the center of the circle. If the bullet misses, everyone takes a step ahead, closer to the center."

You explain, grinning at the men clad in all black.

"If a bullet hits me, I'll agree to your terms. If it hits one of you lot, then you can't stop me anymore. What do you say?!"

The mafiosi were weirded out by this. What if you had a good aim, or an ability that allowed you to shoot them with your eyes closed? They didn't have much intel on you, and only knew you to be a girl from a rich background, who had come to Yokohama for higher studies.

"That's enough. Grab her-"

• Thats when our boy showed up. Dazai was curious when he overheard some of the men talk about some 'fearless girl that had flipped them off even after two rather threatening warnings.'

• So he had decided to tag along, staying in the shadows, until now.

• "I think it will be a wonderful idea. Play along, gentlemen. I want to see where this goes."

• You shot, and missed. So did the other guy. Then the other one. Now, the circle had shrunk really small. You were almost in the line of fire at this point. There was an 80% chance of getting shot.

• "That's enough." ,Dazai said, as he walked to stand in front of you.

• "You are daring, aren't you. You're not afraid of death."

• Staring into his eyes, you saw a reflection of yourself. A dark, lost soul stared back at you.

• "In fact, you arranged this little game to ensure that you got hurt. You perfectly planned it out, and ensured that as the circle gets smaller, you would be in the direct line of fire."

• "You missed the first shot on purpose, didn't you?"

• He had seen right through your game.

'What's this guy's deal?', you thought.

"Why would you stop the game when it was at its peak? Hah? Whats wrong with you, man?!", you angrily grab his collar. "I was just beginning to have fun, and here you are, ruinjng it!"

• Taken aback by your bravery, he just blinked at you.

"Do you know who I am?"

"Yes, obviously, idiot. But that doesn't give you any right to interrupt our game."

"Oh? So who do you think I am."

You give him a 'baka janiono?' look.

"You are their leader. Probably an executive of the mafia, judging by your expensive suit. Why?"

The thoughts running through Dazai's head were along the lines of :

'Just who is this girl? How does she know about the mafia? Surely my men weren't dumb enough to tell her who they work for. How does she know about my position? She surely didn't just guess that, right?? And why the fuck does a student have a gun? Does her family have connections within the underworld? She obviously doesn't fear death. Will she be a good addition to the mafia?'

• "What are you thinking about, baka? Answer me."

• He smiled sweetly at you, and firmly gripped your wrist, pushing it off his collar.

"There's someone who would like to meet you"

Before you can retort back, he continues,"You seek adventure, do you not? You want to feel something worthwhile. Something akin to facing death, something that will give you an adrenaline rush. I can give you all of that. If you come with me, that is."

• Mori was shocked when he heard about what had happened. He agreed with Dazai's decision to make you join the ranks. He needed such fearless crackheads in his organization.

• He paired you up with the double black, making you an executive too. You hadn't quite agreed to his terms, but he had offered you to just accompany the ginger and the brunette on a mission. And had let you make the final decision .

• You three had to go to an abandoned warehouse, where some people were tampering with the mafia goods. There, you saw how sadistic Dazai was. How manipulative and bad he was. It made you fall for him. Hard. Plus, you realized the risk of being a mafiosi. It was quite thrilling.

• When you got back, you had screamed at mori to let you join. Quite literally begged. And he, ofcourse, agreed. You hadn't even given him a chance to threaten your life, which was the usual norm, when a valuable asset wasn't willing to join the ranks of the feared organization.

• You trained with dazai. And purposely got hit. It turned you on. But you never mentioned anything, in fear of being rejected.

• Dazai, ofcourse, noticed this, and one fine day, confronted you about it. You told him just how much you love him. He was always intrigued by your sadistic side. He saw a part of himself in you. The daring, brave, smart side of yours was something so similar to himself, yet unique. You were seeking the same thing that he was, that is to feel something. He felt sadness, and loneliness, and he never had a purpose in life. You, someone who had it all, a good family, a great marksheet, and a pre set goal in life, were willing to give it away, just to feel something. He, someone who was stripped off of a normal childhood, was never given the opportunity to choose. He used to think that maybe he was to blame. Maybe if he had had better luck, he would have gotten a good childhood, a purpose. But now that he knows you, a genius, smart person, who had it all, but threw it away, he realized that maybe life really is worthless. Maybe, he wasn't to be blamed. And that, oddly enough, made him feel better. To know that no matter how much lady luck favors him, life would still be fucked up, and that it wasn't his fault, made him hate himself less.

• And so, you two became a thing.

• Let's just say, that both of you are equally freaky.

• You want him to dom u, and he gladly accepts

• You guys try it all... I mean, especially with guns.

• I can imagine you both sitting at a boring meeting, when you decide to edge him on, and you're not even touching him. Your gun is.

• You both claim atleast one spare room on every floor of the building, for your.... activities.

• You are like his praise queen.

• He loves that.

• Always rough. Always. And you guys are into spicing it up.

• Anyways, you both never decide to commit double suicide.

• Thats because dazai wants a beautiful way out, while you want to feel the thrill of facing death. You don't really want to die, you just want to know the feeling of almost dying. You want to feel something exhilarating.

• When Dazai decides to leave the mafia, you are all for it. As long as you get to stay by his side, you were ok with it.

• Like Midari, you are a very perceptive person, and can easily guess what's going on in someone's mind. Dazai was easy to read for you, as his thoughts were pretty similar to your own.

• You were smart, cunning, and could read peoples mind with ease. So it was pretty easy for you to guess what's going on in Dazai's mind, sometimes even predicting his next moves.

• You really fit in with the ada, coz that place is filled with crackheads, and you and dazai are no exception lol

• Also, you get along with Yosano really well.

• Like, if you weren't so loyal to dazai, you would have become Yosanos slave. So would i ngl

• Anyways, you and dazai always mess with kunikida. You two prank him till the breaking point. You two are such a menace in the office. Always skipping work, slacking off, but really shining when it comes to actual detective work, like solving mysteries.

• You are a valuable asset to the ada, coz 1. You are smart and 2. You can intimidate the enemy into giving in, thanks to your sadistic games.

• You are also a very good companion. You can easily understand what the other is feeling, and end up comforting the gang.

• I can imagine you roasting Kunikida for being such a nerd, but at the same time giving him accurate and well needed advice .

• You do the same for your bf, and the two of you have many late night convos about topic that Dazai had never discussed with anyone before. Because no one had quite understood him the way you did.

• Midari is actually a pretty deep character, and just like her, you have many layers. There's the sadistic side, the goofy side, the careless side, the intelligent side and the insightful nature.

• You would be his perfect partner, as you'd support his crazy, reckless ideas, but at the same time keep him afloat, and prevent him from drowning in his own thoughts.

[ultramarcypan]

Shin Soukoku Week Day Two: Speaking and Listening

Characters/Pairings: Atsushi Nakajima, Akutagawa Ryuunosuke, Shin Soukoku, Dazai and Kunikida make a guest appearance

Summary: High school is hard enough on its own; Atsushi shouldn't have to deal with a Speech class and a boy who seems to hate him on top of that.

Prompt: High School

There’s a boy in Atsushi’s Public Speaking class that he’s never seen before a day in his life, which is no small feat in a school whose senior class is only around 200 people.  What makes it even more impressive is that this kid seems to have the most intense hatred for Atsushi, in spite of the fact that they’ve never exchanged a single, solitary word with one another.

When Atsushi brings this up at lunch, wondering whatever it was he could have done to the guy, Dazai immediately perks up.  “Wait,” the senior says.  “Can you describe him for me?”

“Um…” Atsushi flounders a moment at being put on the spot.  “He’s a little taller than me, dark eyes, um, dark hair.”

“He also has dyed white tips and wears mainly black and always has a white scarf around his neck.”  Dazai says next, and this time it’s a statement not a question that he’s directing at Atsushi.

“And how on earth do you know that?”  Kunikida emerges from his math textbook to glare at Dazai, as if he’s somehow trying to pull something over on them.  Honestly, Atsushi wouldn’t put it past his senior to do so.

“Because I have sources ,” Dazai says dramatically, waving his arms around to emphasise his point.  “And my sources have told me that an adorable underclassman of mine from the school I used to go to has transferred here this year along with his sister.”  Turning to Atsushi, he adds, “His name is Ryunosuke Akutagawa.  He’s a junior, just like you.”

“Great,” Atsushi says.  “Now do you have any idea why he seems to hate me, Dazai-san?”

Dazai smiles and it’s all teeth.  “I think I’m to blame for that one, Atsushi-kun, sorry about that.”

“Boy, you can’t go one minute without being the center of attention, can you?” Kunikida observes, scratching some notes in the margin of his textbook.

“For your information,” Dazai beings with a drawl.  “Akutagawa-kun had very few friends at our old school and I always stuck up for him, so he’s kinda fond of me.  He also doesn’t share well,” Dazai adds, nodding in Atsushi’s direction.  “And it’s not a big secret that Atsushi-kun here is friends with us.  I’m willing to bet that Akutagawa-kun is just jealous.”

“Who’d be jealous of Atsushi?”  Kunikda asks, glancing sideways at the younger boy.  “No offense.”

“None taken,” he responds weakly.  “But, uh, Dazai-san, could you maybe talk to Akutagawa and tell him not to try to murder me with his eyes?”

“Well where’s the fun in that?”  Dazai asks cheerfully.

“The boy knew you in a different school and still decided to transfer here?  Even knowing what you were like?”  Kunikida sounds sceptical, and Atsushi can’t really blame him for this.  Being friends with Dazai is like a never ending adventure which is both good and bad, though Atsushi would much prefer if his life were just a little less interesting sometimes.  “Did you drug him?”

“I happen to be charming! ” Dazai squawks, and even Atsushi has to roll his eyes at that one.  “And Akutagawa-kun happens to be very attached to me, thank you very much.”

“Poor guy,” Kunikida grunts, turning back to his book.  “He’s got a terrible sense of character.”  The issue falls by the wayside as Dazai launches into a defense of his own honor and dignity that is resolutely ignored by Kunikida.  Atsushi shoves his unease about his new classmate to the back of his mind in favor of watching the two upperclassmen squabble.

*

Atsushi ends up settling into an awkward pattern of pretending that the boy--Akutagawa, he has a name for the face now--doesn’t spend the entire class period glaring daggers at him all the while pretending not to exist.  He’s shy by nature and is only taking Speech because his advisor had told him that it was required to graduate.

This works out perfectly (barring some snide comments from Dazai at lunch every now and then, who still refuses to lift a finger to fix the situation) until he’s assigned his first speech which, because some god must hate him, is a partner speech.  As an added bonus, the teacher decides to be oh-so-generous and assign them partners so that ‘they’ll get to know new people!’

Atsushi feels fairly confident that a root canal would be preferable to meeting new people or giving a presentation.  Especially considering that his partner is Akutagawa.

“Who invented the concept of group work?”  He asks with a groan at lunch, slumping forward onto the table.  “Are they dead yet?”

“Probably,” Dazai says, patting him on the head.  “The lucky bastards.”

“You’re a menace,” Kunikida informs him.  “And group work is a vital skill that is necessary to succeed in the working world and--” he cuts himself off abruptly, mainly because Dazai has just tossed a ketchup packet at his head.

Dazai ducks the book Kunikida throws at him and smirks as the blonde has to go and retrieve it.  “Don’t stress too much about this,” he tells Atsushi.  “Akutagawa is like a grumpy kitten; he’s adorably angry all the time, but he’ll do his part of the work.”

“Oh, great,” Atsushi says weakly.  “I’ve always wanted to do a project with an angry kitten.”

*

Dazai, as per usual, is right.  Akutagawa sends him an email out of nowhere with half of the project done and the curt message of ‘Pull your weight’ attached to it.  Atsushi is just thankfully he doesn’t actually have to talk to the other boy face to face to get the work done and emails Akutagawa back the second he completes his half of the work.  He gets back a ‘Good’ and assumes that he can stop worrying about this until the day of the presentation.

This is great in theory, except that, well, he still has to actually present .   The day of the actual presentation, Atsushi is an actually wreck.  His fear of public speaking is a wild and vast thing; he can’t stop his hands from trembling and his breath is coming in short, choppy gasps.

“You’re a mess,” a voice observes from behind him, and Atsushi nearly jumps out of his skin.  Akutagawa is standing a few feet behind him, his eyebrows furrowed in displeasure.  Atsushi’s heart sinks.

“I know,” Atsushi stammers out.  Akutagawa blinks at him in surprise, and his face shifts from annoyance to blankness.  “I h-hate public speaking and I always shake like a chihuahua when I get up there and you can hear it in my voice and I’m sorry if I mess up our grade I-” he’s rambling now, something he does often when he’s nervous or overwhelmed.  All he can think about is how much he doesn’t want to get up and speak in front of the class right now as well as how Akutagawa is going to be justified in his hate after this train-wreck of a speech.

“Atsushi,” Akutagawa interrupts, and the shock of hearing his name is enough to stop Atsushi in his rambling.  He wasn’t aware that Akutagawa actually knew his name; he’d kind of just assumed that he was ‘Dazai’s replacement friend’ and nothing more than that.  “Take a deep breath and calm down.”

Not wanting to be anymore of an inconvenience, Atsushi does as Akutagawa commands.  To his surprise, it actually helps a little bit.  “Okay,” he breathes out.  “Okay, I’m a little better.”

“Good,” Akutagawa crosses his arms over his chest.  “We’re going to do this presentation, it’s going to go fine, and then we’re going to move on with life.”

It takes Atsushi a moment to realize that, in his own special way, Akutagawa is trying to reassure Atsushi, which only further confuses him.  “Thank...you?”  He tries tentatively, and he gets a brief nod in response.

“Don’t thank me until we’re done with this presentation,” Akutagawa tells him and then hesitates a moment.  “The clock is positioned right in the middle of the back wall of the class; just speak to that.  We’ll lose some points for eye contact, but it’s better than having you faint in the middle of the presentation.”

“Okay,” Atsushi says, feeling like a broken record.  The teacher calls out to them and he’s out of time to panic now.  “Let’s do this.”

*

“I can’t believe Akutagawa actually helped you out,” Dazai sound mildly impressed, and Atsushi takes some comfort in that.  “That’s not really his style.  You must’ve looked terrible to make him feel for you.”

“Thanks Dazai-san,” Atsushi says flatly.  “You always say the nicest things.”  Somehow, he’d made it through the presentation, and Akutagawa had been correct.  It was far easier to talk to a clock than a room full of people, and they’d managed to scrape by with a B.

Out of the corner of his eye, he sees a flash of black and white and turns his head to look properly.  Akutagawa has just settled himself at an empty table, a book in his hand.  Atsushi debates for a long moment before taking a deep breath to steady himself and standing up.

“And where are you going?” Kunikida calls after him.

“I’m gonna ask him to sit with us.”  Atsushi declares, a lot more bravely than he actually feels right now.

“We’ll remember you fondly,” Dazai tells him.  Atsushi pretends he doesn't hear him and heads over to where Akutagawa is sitting.  The other boy looks up when he stops only a foot away.

“Can I help you?”  It’s almost reassuring that Akutagawa is blunt even outside of the classroom.  It gives a sense of normalcy to the situation.

“Do you want to come sit with us?”  Atsushi asks him, only he’s nervous and kind of tongue-tied so it comes out more as ‘doyouwannacomesitwithus?’.  Somehow, miraculously, Akutagawa gets the gist of what he’s trying to say.

“And you think because we did a presentation together that we’re friends now?”

“No,” Atsushi says.  “But I really appreciate what you did for me and you looked lonely sitting here by yourself.”

Now it’s Akutagawa’s turn to be caught off guard.  He opens and closes his mouth a few times, and maybe Atsushi is imagining it but his cheeks look pinker than usual.

“Just figured I’d ask,” Atsushi speaks again before Akutagawa explodes.  “The offer stands, if you want to change your mind.”  With that, he turns and heads back to Dazai and Kunikida, acutely aware of the eyes staring at his back as he retreats.

“Well, you survived,” Kunikida says as he sits back down.  “That’s something I guess.”

“I think he’s done more than that,” Dazai points, and the two of them turn to follow where his finger is.  Akutagawa is slowly but surely gathering up his things, glancing not so sneakily at the three of them.  “I think he may have just worked a miracle.”

“It’s nothing special,” Atsushi says modestly, even if privately he agrees with Dazai.  Akutagawa joins them without a word, sitting down next to Atsushi, and conversation resumes normally with the newest addition listening intently to everything they say.  Atsushi is hyper aware of the warmth of Akutagawa’s body and every brush against each other that occurs.  Akutagawa makes no move to pull away however, though he is staring at Atsushi with just a little less animosity than before.  Optimistically, Atsushi thinks it may even be a friendly glance.

It becomes a regular thing after that.

*

“You two are in loooooooove~” Dazai sings at them, looking far too pleased.  

“Dazai-san,” Atsushi begins with a groan, and then stops.  Even he’s not sure where he was planning to go with that, but anything to stop Dazai is enough right now.

“It’s one date,” Akutagawa mumbles, looking down at the table.

“You are correct that one date doesn’t equate to love,” Kunikida, ever the voice of reason agrees.  “However, I feel obligated to point out that the two of you do keep making eyes at one another and are currently holding hands.”

“Whose side are you on?”  Atsushi asks, flushing red all the way down his neck.  He doesn’t move to take his hand back from where it’s holding Akutagawa’s own, however.

“I can see the tale being written now,” Dazai says dreamily, staring off into space.  “The tale of two young men, destined to fall in love, united by a partner speech.”

“You’re being dramatic,” Akutagawa tells him, and Atsushi makes a noise of agreement.

“Says the one who was glaring daggers at someone because he couldn’t figure out how to flirt with them,” Dazai counters, and Akutagawa chokes on air.  

“I wasn’t--” he begins to protest feebly, but Atsushi squeezes his hand to stop him.

“It doesn’t matter,” he says firmly.  Then, feeling just a little bit daring, he adds “I’m pretty sure Dazai-san is just jealous because he’s still single.”

That gets the desired reaction of Dazai making a series of offended noises, Kunikida snorting water up his nose, and Akutagawa giving him a quick kiss on the cheek in thanks.   Not too bad, he thinks to himself.

[walmart-miku]

It's ok she got aku as an older brother in exchange :D

i think asagiri’s new favorite character is aya bc can anything else explain why both of her father figures just fucking dissolved in the same chapter