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Dazai swung his legs anxiously as he stared at the ceiling with a bored expression, he rocked slightly anxiously in his chair for some reason... thoughts about someone... someone he might miss, Dazai sighs trying not to think about it too much.
Atsushi moves the chair slightly forward to observe his mentor's face better, he seemed uncomfortable... something strange for someone who always smiles... "Is everything okay Dazai-San?" Atsushi asks, his brow slightly furrowed, carefully observing the face of the brunette next to him, Dazai is slightly startled by the unexpected comment, but a smile forms on his lips and he looks at Atsushi, reassuring him with his look.
"Yes I'm fine, don't worry Atsushi" The brunette says closing his eyes while smiling to convey more comfort, Atsushi however frowns and looks at Dazai with a different look than usual.. "h-he didn't believe it..?" Dazai thinks, shaking his leg a little anxiously.
Atsushi sighs and smiles at the older man "Well, I'm here if you need to talk, you seem to be thinking... a lot about something" Atsushi states, making the brunette frown slightly... he really was letting on that much ..?
Dazai shook the thought away and ruffled the younger boy's hair with a chuckle "Awwnn Atsushi-kun are you worried about me??" Dazai says in a thinner voice, Atsushi blushes and quickly turns his face away (NOT A SHIP) "W-well yes! You're my friend!" Dazai freezes for a moment watching the silver haired boy... "Friend.."
The oldest thinks and a smile appears on his face, he leans back in the chair and observes the ceiling again. "I was remembering my dog.. his red hair.." Dazai continues to say with a smile on his lips.. and a small blush spreads across his face "How cute he looks when stressed" Dazai lets out a giggle, Atsushi watches him and smiles until his expression changes to one of terror "W-WAIT YOU LIKE A DOG??" Atsushi asks in terror, but all he manages to do is get a series of laughs from the brunette who was desperately trying to breathe from laughing so hard. Atsushi watches his mentor confused "H-he's not -" laugh "a dog, Atsushi-" Dazai takes a deep breath "it's just a nickname" The brunette says holding himself back from laughing like crazy... Atsushi continues to look at him with a frown for not having explained it before.
Later, Dazai observed Atsushi busy with papers after their conversation, the tired brunette got up and went to lie down on the couch, ignoring any complaints from Kunikida, after stretching out on the couch, Dazai sighed and just decided to do what he was about to do. ....
CONTACT: Slug
Dazai watches the contact for a few minutes before mentally cursing himself and clicking, writing a message, and sending.
Mackerel: Hello slug~~ So, do you want to meet later???
Dazai sends the message, not expecting a response....
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Dazai breathes lazily on the agency's couch while fiddling with the bandages on his arms... until his cell phone vibrates, awakening his growing curiosity... and consequently... anxiety...
When opening the messaging app, "Slug" had sent him a message, letting the air not reach his lungs for a second...
He opens the chat
Slug: What the hell do you want mackerel??? I thought we were enemies??? Are you drunk by chance??
Dazai types something....
Mackerel: Well I thought it would be good to have a chat, after all, it's been a while since we've had a night together, right?
Dazai watches the screen, and his expression lights up when three dots flash, saying that Chuuya is responding:
Slug: Ugh, fine, but I can't promise I'll go... where are we going?
Dazai is surprised that he agrees... but he smiles and answers the place and time with a smile on his face, soon he would find his beloved Chuuya and irritate him until they both laugh for some stupid reason, Dazai laughs at the thought and turns off his cell phone placing it against his chest while smiling... that stupid smile that only Chuuya could put on his face in such an easy way...
Much later, Dazai walks through the streets lit by the late afternoon sunlight... a beautiful, warm orange... The brunette walks with his hands carefully placed in his pockets and a smile on his face, upon arriving at the park He watches the calm movement of the tree leaves due to the soft but cold wind, causing a slight shiver on the exposed skin of his face.
He stops next to one of the trees waiting for Chuuya...his partner in the past, but currently, after some events, they had to work together anyway.
A few minutes later Dazai notices a shorter man approaching, fiery red hair blowing in the wind with a ponytail carefully done and left over his shoulder. Chuuya stops in front of Dazai and looks at him with a fixed and firm gaze waiting for the brunette. start talking.
"Chuuya I.." Dazai looks away and takes a deep breath, he removes his hands from his pockets and the shorter man notices the way his shoulders slightly bow down, Dazai regains eye contact "I'm sorry"
The words echoed emptyly in the wind... seeming to make no real sound due to the rustling of the tree leaves... Chuuya frowns after a long period of uncomfortable silence and starts to laugh, making the brunette's eyes widen a little in surprise by the reaction.
"I'm sorry?? Is that all you have to say to me??" Chuuya spits with an angry tone, Dazai's gaze almost softens for a moment...but he doesn't when he notices something liquid forming in the corner of the redhead's eyes..."W-was he about to cry...?" Dazai thinks, a little scared by the situation and feeling guilty.
"After everything we've been through... you just disappear!! And sorry is all you have to ask me??" Chuuya forced himself to laugh to not allow himself to break down in front of the man he has held remorse for so long "Osamu you-" Chuuya pauses to breathe, Dazai feels his chest tighten when he hears the first name "You simply don't deserve forgiveness! You didn't even say goodbye... you just disappeared... and you blew up my car, you piece of shit!!" Chuuya shouts, his fists clenching, Dazai watches the man in front of him completely speechless... he tries to look for a smile... maybe a playful tone... but nothing...
There was nothing but pain... and tears in Chuuya's sapphire eyes...
Dazai feels his hands shake and he hides them behind his body silently as impulse.
"If that was all Osamu.. then goodbye" Chuuya turns his back and prepares to leave... but a hand grabs his wrist and brings him back.
Dazai holds Chuuya's waist, his brown eyes a little teary. To hide his face he puts his face on the redhead's shoulder and bites his lips to keep from crying.. "Chuuya I...I'm really sorry...I didn't mean to make you feel so bad...I wanted to...I-I wanted to say goodbye..-" Dazai's voice breaks a little as it seems shaky, he opens his mouth once again "But Odasaku.. it was all too much- I-" Dazai's breathing seemed difficult but he felt someone pull his face up and-
Their lips were intertwined..
Chuuya and Dazai were kissing, the brunette slightly bent over to reach the shorter one, when he separated he noticed that tears were running down Chuuya's face as he held Dazai's face carefully. "I..." Chuuya starts and sighs, moving his hands to Dazai's shoulders.
"I don't know if I'll be able to forgive you, you idiot... but-" Hope seems to shine in Dazai's eyes when he hears the "but" come out of the redhead's mouth. "I think we can still be partners" Chuuya pulls away and gives Dazai a small punch on the shoulder, a smile on Chuuya's face... a beautiful smile... Dazai smiles weakly and closes his eyes breathing slowly and nodding his head. .
Suddenly his whole mood changes and he approaches Chuuya in a way...uh- that's kind of physically impossible
"Chibiii~~~ let's go to your house now~~" Dazai states, his eyes shining with a wide smile on his face, the redhead's brow furrows and he places one of his gloved hands on his waist and leans his body "Huh??!! And who invited you??!!" Chuuya says clenching his teeth, Dazai smiles mischievously
"me myself~~" Dazai says in a playful tone, reaching out to hug Chuuya but falling to the ground because the redhead dodged, this made some laughs from the older man for a second, and Dazai's eyes lit up, even with him facing him in floor. Chuuya tries to force himself to stop laughing as he reaches a hand out to Dazai.
"Here mackerel" Chuuya helps the brunette to stand up and pulls him to his motorcycle parked not far away.
Dazai looks at the motorcycle with a crooked face "eww are we going with your motorcycle??" Dazai says sticking out his tongue in disgust, Chuuya laughs softly "Well swallow the crying and take it" The redhead holds out an extra helmet to Dazai and sits in his seat as driver "come on stupid mackerel hold tight to my waist and enjoy the ride, before I change my mind!” Chuuya says with a firm tone and a wide smile on his face, Dazai retorts but puts on his helmet and sits behind Chuuya, holding the shorter man's waist firmly so he doesn't fall.
"here we go!" Chuuya shouts excitedly as Dazai holds on tighter, he opens his eyes and takes in the view.
His brown eyes calm down when he sees the beautiful sunset on the horizon... a genuine smile spreads across his face and Chuuya laughs lightly when he feels the change in the taller man's aura, Dazai arches his eyebrow. "Why are you laughing slug??" He says with a small frown.
"Nothing, it's cute to see you smile like that" Chuuya states paying attention to the road, Dazai slightly widens his eyes in surprise as a blush spreads across his face "good dog" he spits while looking away, Chuuya holds himself back from bursting into laughter.
Arriving at the apartment, Chuuya parks his motorcycle in the underground area, when he gets down he takes off his helmet and collects Dazai's too, starting to move towards the elevator and wait for the taller one to enter.
(I won't describe the rest of the way to the apartment, because I'm lazy ;w;).
Upon entering Chuuya's apartment, Dazai looks around curious if anything had changed "wow Chibi, your apartment looks bizarrely the same as before" Dazai says looking at a plant closely with his eyes half closed as if he was analyzing it. "Well, I changed some things, like some decorations and sheets.... you know" Chuuya says, entering the kitchen and then poking his head out of the "door" that divided the living room from the kitchen.
"I'll be taking a shower, don't come in" Chuuya says, narrowing his eyes in threat as he disappears into another hallway that leads to his room.
Dazai sits on the couch and stares at the turned off TV...for some reason...he feels kinda bad about everything that happened...after all...he's to blame, he was pathetic and a coward by not saying goodbye to his partner... the person who trusted him most... the person he shared so many memories with...
Dazai sighed a shaky breath as he placed his face in his hands... a headache slowly engulfed him... just as the air around him seemed to disappear as the seconds passed, he breathed faster and felt himself sinking into chaos for a second, until he was brought out of his trance by hearing someone call his name
"Osamu?" Chuuya says softly entering the room and sitting next to Dazai on the couch, he puts his hand on the brunette's shoulder and frowns "what... what happened?" He asks
Dazai raises his head to look at him, "did I stand here for so long? But it felt like s-seconds" Dazai was half submerged in thought, but Chuuya called him again making the taller man slowly blink a few times and look at him "Yes I'm fine, just thinking" he smiles but his expression slowly changes to pure happiness...another facade...
"AWWNN Is Chuuya worried???~~" Dazai says in a teasing little voice as his eyes shine
"Dazai" Chuuya spits with a firm and serious tone, warning the brunette that his "funny" and "excited" tone won't work with the redhead...
suddenly Dazai wilts a little, but still smiles "sorry" he just looks away with his head still turned towards Chuuya, he turns his face completely and sighs..
"just..." he breathes lightly "just a few thoughts.." he smiles and looks at Chuuya again "I promise it won't get worse" Dazai says
The brunette gets off the sofa and curls up on the bottom of the sofa, pulling a hole to stretch the place where he sits, Dazai gets up and sits back down, stretching his legs and calling Chuuya with his arms outstretched "Chibi~ can you look out for a blanket???~~" Dazai smiles as puppy eyes complete his expression, Chuuya feels a vein pop out on his forehead in annoyance "Stupid mackerel!" Chuuya spits and gets up to get a blanket from his room.
When Chuuya returned, Dazai had selected a movie, eagerly awaiting the redhead's return, the brunette looked to the side when he felt another presence approaching, Chuuya sat down and snuggled into the blankets he had just brought, popcorn flying wrapped in red behind him, as he sat down, he takes the popcorn and deactivates the ability automatically when he snuggles against Dazai's shoulder "start you idiot" Chuuya says, taking a popcorn and holding it out for Dazai to eat.
The brunette plays the film and smiles, swallowing Chuuya's finger whole and drooling "YUCK DISGUSTING MACKEREL!!" Chuuya shouts extremely blushing while Dazai starts laughing at Chuuya's reaction almost choking on the popcorn.
In the end, the two watch the movie and fall asleep together on the sofa :3