#picture yosano and dazai doing impressions of mori and laughing their asses off

[frankenjoly]

"A diamond is precious precisely because it is rare." + fukumori? 👀

“A diamond is precious precisely because it is rare.” Mori was saying, somewhat absentmindedly, with his eyes fixed on the book he had been reading. “But, at the same time, there truly is something exceptional about science surpassing more and more limitations each time.”

Fukuzawa hummed in agreement, then became silent again. Not for long, though, since an amusing idea crossed his mind pretty soon.

“Speaking of diamonds, do you think Natsume-sensei’s saying was something he held onto when getting tired of us?” The first response he got was laughter, sudden and genuine. Something he always treasured.

“Bold of you to phrase it like a hypothetical, and to assume he stopped.”

“Fair enough.” Fukuzawa conceded with a brief snort. “Does that mean you did the same too, then?” Now Mori did turn his head, moving away just enough to stare at him with a smirk.

“Oh, you have no idea. In fact, if Akutagawa-kun and your tiger kid ever manage to test Dazai-kun’s patience like that… serves him right. Not only that, but if one of those two ever tries to keep the tradition, then he shall suffer the same annoyance as a side effect. Unlikely so far, though, since none of them seems exactly the scheming type.” Definitely not, opposite to Natsume, Mori there or Dazai.

“Dazai-kun says more or less the same.”

“Yes? And what else does Dazai-kun say?” Funnily enough, when Fukuzawa answered next, he hadn’t meant for those words to be teasing, merely informative.

“He sometimes laughs at your expense with Yosano-kun.”

Of course, it became crystal clear as 1) he  had finished speaking and 2) his partner pouted.

(Also on ao3.)