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'Ugh clothes shopping is SO not fun!! Midnight or whatever she told us to call her is taking me and Chibiko shopping, it's boring!! None of the stores have had his or Chuuya's style in it yet!! BOOOOOOO!!!'
After a while of walking, they finally find a shop with their style and, when both of them picked some outfits, Midnight forced them to wear it, and now, Chuuya is basically showcasing all of his scars. In Yokohama, his scars would be admired, and Dazai thinks they should be, after all, these scars portray every battle Chuuya won, be it against others, or against himself. The freshest scars are the ones he did on himself with his nails a day or two, in the middle of a breakdown. Ah..Dazai remembers like it was a few minutes ago, Chibi's giggles, his eyes watering from laughing, and the way he looked mildly high..Dazai can't help but smirk to himself, it was a beautiful sight, as always. But, right now, Chuuya was a target to pitiful or grossed out glances and stares. Dazai has half the mind to burn the mall down with everyone in it, but he opts to do something else instead. He notices that Midnight encountered a friend, and is now distracted. He also notices the liquor store next to him, so, he does the obvious! Enters the store and, when he's sure no one sees him, grabs a bottle of wine and start running away, grabbing Chuuya's hand and dragging him along, going towards the bathroom, and, when the store's owner notices, they're already gone.
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Chuuya was just waiting outside the store, trying to keep the introvert act instead of killing everyone who glanced at him, no, not at him, at his SCARS..in Yokohama, his scars would be admired, but here, in this quirk infested world, people look at him with those disgusting looks of pity. Chuuya grits his teeth, trying his hardest to not let Arahabaki get to him, but it was so so difficult, the God kept screaming and telling him how pathetic- Huh? Chuuya opens his eyes to see Dazai grabbing his hand, quieting Arahabaki down, and then pulling him to run, Chuuya notices the bottle on Dazai's hand and immediately smirks, God, this idiot.
They run to the bathroom, Dazai pushing him inside a stall to lock themselves in. Chuuya decides to sit down on top of the toilet, leaning against the wall
"Sooo~...watcha got there?"
Dazai smirks, handing the slug the bottle of wine and pulling out his phone, quickly hacking into the mall's security system to delete all footage of them stealing the wine Chuuya opens the bottle taking a swig out of it and then staring at Dazai as he hacks
"I think I got a cigarette..."
Chuuya mumbles, searching through the hidden pockets in the clothes he was wearing before, finding a cigarette
"Got a lighter?"
Dazai smirks and says "Always" before pulling out a lighter from his clothes' hidden pockets he was wearing before, he lights the cigarettes and watches as Chuuya takes a drag. Normally, a fire alarm would turn on, but because of quirks, they must be different.
Chuuya gives Dazai the cigarette, and Dazai takes a drag not even thinking about how this was their first indirect kiss, there were more important things to life after all, like noticing how Chuuya looked like a God waiting to be worshiped, even if he was sitting on top of a toilet, looking at him with eyes that seemed to stare into his very soul. Dazai has half the mind to just start worshiping Chuuya right now, but he won't...yet...
Chuuya then says
"Want some wine?"
and Dazai nods, extending his right hand to grab the bottle, but Chuuya drinks a swig of it before he can. Dazai is ready to be annoyed at him, but he has no time, considering Chuuya pulls him by the collar of his shirt and kisses him, making him swallow some of the wine in his mouth
"Tastes good, right~?"
Chuuya says after breaking the kiss as he leans back, smirking. Dazai just nods, his mind taking a few minutes to get caught up in what just happened. Chuuya lets out a small snort as he waits for Dazai's mind to reboot.
Chuuya watches in real time as Dazai's face redden and he almost collapses to the ground, turning into a puddle of embarrassment, so Chuuya finishes the bottle, turning it into a small thing with gravity and throwing it in the trashcan, so nobody know it was them. He finishes the cigarette and then pulls Dazai, giving him another kiss, tugging into his shirt and disheveling his hair even more, this time, Dazai responds to the kiss, tugging onto Chuuya's hair, making some of the hair-clips he is wearing to loosen slightly.
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Dazai can't believe this is actually happening, like, really, is he dreaming? High? Drunk? This can't be real, Chuuya can't be kissing him, but he is. Damn, that old man really was right...Chuuya actually likes him back..Kouyou had said something about them being soulmates because they were 'peculiarly similar with each other in every way', and oh my God maybe she was actually right...but admitting that was not something he was gonna do.
Chuuya breaks the kiss and Dazai whines, not liking the sudden coldness.
But Chuuya, ever the mood killer, says
"Midnight is so looking for us..."
And before he notices it, Chuuya slid under the divider to the other stall so it seems like both of them just went to the bathroom like normal people, not to drink, smoke and almost make out, just to pee. Chuuya leaves the stall and Dazai waits a few seconds before doing so too, both washing their hands, knowing that Dazai's hacking will make it look like they had a normal time at the bathroom.
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Nemuri is fucked. Shota will kill her, absolutely dismantle her!! He'll burn her alive!! And she deserves it!! She just lost the traumatized kids in a gigantic mall!!! She'll be deep fried!! She's SO fucked!!!
Nemuri starts looking for them and, after ten minutes or so, she sees them coming out of the restroom. Great, they look good! Well...Dazai's hair is more disheveled than it already is, and his shirt is slightly crumpled. Fortunately, Chuuya's hair looks slightly better, but the stars hair-clips he's wearing are looser than they should've been. God, these boys were something for sure. But now, looking closer, Nemuri can't help but notice the style they seem to derive from.
Chuuya is wearing a gray kind of loose crop top without sleeves with a..moose..? Deer..? stamp on it, his pants are black with red fire stamps around it and some stylish red ropes. He's wearing black combat boots with some silver details, he's using a necklace with a black skull of a bird, his usual gloves but also with longer lace gloves with swirly patterns, some jewelry, which includes a skull ring, and finally, star clips that matches the color palette Dazai is using.
Dazai is wearing a long sleeve t-shirt that has cat stamps in a slight green hue, while the shirt itself is a desaturated darker blue with some green details. He is wearing jeans shorts with two types of sock, one is the usual lace one but green, and the other is an also green star sock, his shoes are the usual beat up all-star. He's wearing the same necklace as Chuuya, but it's a white skull, they are most likely matching. Dazai is also wearing a red star shaped sunglasses over his head, and a small red and black flower clip, matching Chuuya's color palette.
Other than that, they seem to have bought 4 skeletal pins, one of a dog, one of a cat, one of a snail and one of a goat, or a sheep, Nemuri's not sure. They also seem to have bought backpacks, Dazai has a skeleton cat one, with a small red skeleton cat keychain, while Chuuya has a..cathedral one? It has some red spots to resemble stained glass, he has a skeleton dog keychain. They have also, surprisingly, bought two teddy bears, one white and one black. Chuuya seems to have gotten the white one and Dazai the black one, different from the necklaces.
(I'll pin the reference photos at the end. btw, most of them are from actual stores, so go look into the stores, if youre interested)
Midnight likes their style, but she can't help it, she can't stop herself from looking at Chuuya's scars, they are...hideous..not in a mean way! Chuuya looks cool with them! But he shouldn't have them...they look so violent..was he perhaps abused..? But the weirdest part is that some of them look impossible to make! They're swirly, going up from his arms, to his neck, and then a few on his cheeks. Nemuri is sure that they spread thorough his body, and that would be worrying...just what are these scars..??
Nemuri takes a second too long to look away, so Dazai noticed, he always did. He was staring at her with dead eyes, and she had to do her best to suppress a shudder, while Chuuya, who hadn't noticed her staring (or just pretended he didn't), looks at her before speaking quietly, likely not even really wanting to speak at all, and Nemuri can't help but smile at his effort
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Chuuya was deeply annoyed. Midnight was staring at his scars with the grossest and utmost pitying look he's ever seen. He hates those types of looks, they make Chuuya want to rip the person's eyes off, and he doesn't even really eat eyes!!
Chuuya then says what's been on his mind, speaking quietly to try and ward Arahabaki (and weird people) away
"Could we get cellphones..? Uhm...people will find it weird we don't have phones to contact friends or anyone at all..."
Almost immediately, Chuuya regrets opening his mouth, because Midnight is now smiling, a sickly sweet smile, like a proud mother..? A proud Kouyou, for sure..God he already misses Kouyou..this woman might have a slightly similar smile, but they couldn't be more different. Kouyou is so much better than her.
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Midnight is so happy! She's glad Nakahara feels like he can talk with her! She immediately nods, pointing to a store
"Let's go to that one then!"
She's also glad that Dazai stopped staring at her and turned to tease Nakahara, who is holding onto his arm. Dazai really is his safe person, huh?
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I just searched for alternative clothing and things alone that line to find these stores!!!
