#please forgive me for my first beast fic being chuuya centric 🙏 /hj

[zukkaoru]

blow out the candles on your birthday cake

“You’re not him. You’re better than he was.” “You flatter me,” Ranpo deadpans, “but I can’t compete with whatever game he was playing—whatever he’s still playing from beyond the grave. I don’t understand, and I can’t see through it to unravel any nefarious schemes, and I…” he grimaces, hands curling into fists in his lap. “You are better than he was,” Chuuya promises. They take one of Ranpo’s hands in their own before they can think better of it. “After all, only one of you two bothered to celebrate my birthday with me.” Ranpo laughs. “That’s a little insensitive, don’t you think?”

six months after the events of BEAST, ranpo finds chuuya spending their birthday alone

🎂 3.5k words || post-canon BEAST chuuran 🎂 for day 7 of @chuuyaweek2024: birthday